KELVIN SAMPSON RUMORS

Report: Bickerstaff to interview for Bucks head coaching job

A day after Kelvin Sampson interviewed with the Milwaukee Bucks for their vacant head coaching position, another Rockets assistant coach is reportedly doing the same Friday. According to a report by Yahoo! Sports, Houston assistant J.B. Bickerstaff will meet with Bucks officials sometime Friday to interview for the team's head-coaching job. Bickerstaff, 34, interviewed Tuesday...
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10 days ago  |  Discuss

Report: Kelvin Sampson to interview with Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks appear set to take the first step in finding their next head coach.According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Bucks were granted permission to speak with Houston Rockets assistant coach Kelvin Sampson and will interview him in Milwaukee on Thursday. Thought of as one of Milwaukees top targets, Sampson just finished his second season under Kevin...
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14 days ago  |  Discuss

Bobcats Ask Permission to Speak With Rocket’s Assistant Kelvin Sampson

The Charlotte Bobcats and Michael Jordan are interviewing candidates for their head coaching position. It turns out that they have asked permission to speak with former Indiana Hoosier coach Kelvin Sampson. And I guess, while they have asked permission, Kelvin isn’t likely to land in Charlotte because he’s being lobbied for better openings across the league. What? Are you serious...
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

Bucks To Target Stan Van Gundy, Kelvin Sampson In Coaching Search

The Milwaukee Bucks front office has seen enough.  After trading for J.J. Reddick and having their interim head coach not play him, Bucks brass felt a permanent change was needed. RealGM is reporting that the Milwaukee Bucks have relieved interim coach Jim Boylan of his duties, and will target Stan Van Gundy and Kelvin Sampson early on in their head coach search. Boylan...
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

Bobcats Request Permission To Interview Kelvin Sampson

The Charlotte Bobcats have requested permission from the Houston Rockets to interview Kelvin Sampson for their head coaching vacancy. Sampson has been an assistant coach with the Rockets since 2011. Sampson was a head coach at Washington, Oklahoma and Indiana. After stepping down at Indiana amid scandal, Sampson has become a well respected assistant in the NBA.
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean Confronts Former IU Assistant: "You Helped To Wreck This Program."

IU Head Coach Tom Crean Confronts Mich. Asst Coach Jeff Meyer Moments after Indiana clinched it's first Big Ten championship in twenty years by defeating Michigan 72-71 Hoosier head coach Tom Crean confronted Michigan assistant coach Jeff Meyer on the court.  Meyer was an Indiana assistant coach when Kelvin Sampson was the Hoosier head coach when IU was hit with NCAA...
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March 11, 2013  |  Discuss

Tom Crean Tears Into Jeff Meyer Following Big Win

Indiana head coach Tom Crean should have been ecstatic following a dramatic, come from behind win over Michigan. It was time to celebrate; it was time to be with his players and enjoy the win. Heck--his team had just won the Big Ten title outright for the first time in 20 years! What does he do? He goes after former IU assistant and current Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer. ...
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March 11, 2013  |  Discuss

Video: Tom Crean To Former IU Assistant Under Kelvin Sampson: “You Helped Wreck Our Program”

We’d heard rumblings of an altercation between Indiana head coach Tom Crean and a Michigan assistant after the Hoosiers’ narrow victory over the Wolverines, but now we’ve got video proof. In the below clip, Crean goes after former IU assistant Jeff Meyer, who was part of the program during Kelvin Sampson’s tenure. Sampson resigned as coach at Indiana in 2008 after multiple...
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March 11, 2013  |  Discuss

Report: Mike Dunleavy, Kelvin Sampson To Be Considered For Bucks Coaching Job

Mike Dunleavy and Houston assistant Kelvin Sampson are expected to get a call from the Bucks to fill their coaching vacancy. We’ll give the early edge to Dunleavy, based on the fact that he once coached the team and is still a huge fan favorite from his playing days. He also wants to be considered for the Brooklyn job in his home borough. via Mitch Lawrence, New York Daily News .
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January 13, 2013  |  Discuss

Sources: Kelvin Sampson ‘Significant’ Target For Nets Coach

Houston Rockets assistant coach Kelvin Sampson has emerged as a significant candidate for theBrooklyn Nets’ head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Nets fired coach Avery Johnson on Thursday, replacing him with P.J. Carlesimo on an interim basis. Nets general manager Billy King is intrigued with Sampson, among other candidates, and is expected to eventually...
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December 28, 2012  |  Discuss
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