Kelvin Sampson introduced as Houston’s basketball coach

Kelvin Sampson is taking over as Houston’s new basketball coach, vowing that NCAA compliance will be his staff’s highest priority. Sampson committed numerous NCAA violations regarding impermissible calls to recruits at both Oklahoma and Indiana, resulting in a five-year show cause order from the NCAA in 2008 which effectively barred him from coaching in college. That order expired last year. Sampson didn’t shy away from his checkered past when he was introduced Thursday as the successor to James Dickey, who resigned last month. Sampson opened his comments by saying: “Mistakes were made, lessons were learned, while I don’t agree with all the conclusions that the NCAA made, I respect their decision and respect the NCAA as an institution.” – AP