How does one redeem themselves when their body of work has a shadow hanging over it? In sports, the answer is winning.
Houston Cougars (27-7) head coach Kelvin Sampson has a great resume. The 62 year old has appeared in 14 NCAA tournaments, has received various Coach of the Year awards, and even appeared in 2002 Final Four when he was the coach of Oklahoma.
However, Sampson’s resume isn’t without a couple huge black eyes that still hurt him in the court of public opinion. When Sampson coached at Indiana and Oklahoma he made hundreds of impermissible phone calls to recruits.