Kelvin Sampson: Sustainability key to successful program

Kelvin Sampson and his Houston team celebrates winning the American Athletic Conference for the second consecutive season in 2019-20. | Mikol Kindle Jr./The CougarCollege basketball has featured plenty of one-hit wonders where a team comes out of nowhere and shocks the nation for one season but completely disappears the next year.

Building a program that is successful year after year, however, is a much different challenge.

Now in his 28th season as a head coach for a Division I basketball program, Kelvin Sampson knows the difference between having a good team for one year and consistently having one that is competing for championships.

“You can bump up one year and have a kid transfer out of…