Kelvin Sampson out at OU to Replace Mike Davis at Indiana
Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson is expected to leave the school to become the next head coach at Indiana, multiple sources told ESPN.com.
Sampson already told OU athletic director Joe Castiglione of his plans and was scheduled to meet with the Sooner team Tuesday afternoon.
A news conference announcing his hiring at Indiana could take place as early as Wednesday afternoon in Bloomington.
The Big 12 will be a different place next year - 5 / 12 head coaches turning over in a year. Boy, that’s worse turnover than you get at Hardee’s.
Here’s some more information on the potential infractions:
Sampson’s hiring comes while Oklahoma is waiting to hear from the NCAA on a potential April infractions hearing involving excessive phone calls. The university said in January that from April 2000 to Sept. 2004, members of the men’s basketball program made impermissible calls to 17 prospects and made three impermissible in-person contacts with recruits, improperly giving a T-shirt to a recruit and a parent.
The NCAA also said Sampson failed to monitor the staff’s phone calls to recruits during this time. The university self-imposed a two-year probation from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2007; reduced scholarships from 13 to 11 for 2005-06 and 13 to 12 from 2006-07; reduced the number of phone calls coaches could make to recruits; limited off-campus recruiting from July 2005 through the 2006-07 academic year; cut paid visits down from 12 to nine for this past season; froze Sampson’s salary increases and postseason bonuses for a two-year period.
Here’s the Link to Andy Katz’s article on the subject.
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March 28th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Anybody know how far along the NCAA investigation is? Might, for example, Oklahoma have to hire a head coach w/o being able to tell him what the likely penalties for the previous staff’s proclivity for phone calls?
March 28th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
As far as I know, there has been no ruling from the NCAA regarding Sampson and his staff’s infractions.
It’s interesting that Indiana would be willing to hire Sampson given the dark cloud hanging above his head.
The NCAA’s recent ruling regarding the Ohio State recruiting fiasco sets an interesting precedent. In that case, Ohio State was punished retroactively (they lose their final four and pay fines), but Paul Biancardi, who was once an assistant at OSU, was penalized at his new school, Wright State.
Biancardi was banned from recruiting and resigned from his position at Wright State as a result.
Here’s a link to an article on that topic:
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March 28th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
So, Big 12-ers, what’s the Big 10 going to face with Kelvin Sampson at IU? Is the Big 12 happy to see him go? Wish he’d stayed around for the same reasons we ALL wish Quin Snyder would’ve hung on?
March 29th, 2006 at 8:17 am
Sampson is not a great offensive coach, but his teams are always difficult to play against. He’s made his career out of getting juco guys and bruisers and just hurting you to a victory.