Kelvin Sampson Resurfaces: Hired By The University of Houston

Alrighty then. Maybe you can still get a job as a college coach after getting in trouble with the NCAA.

First Bruce Pearl returns from purgatory to take over at Auburn and now, Kelvin Sampson, formerly ex-communicated from Indiana, is returning to his NCAA roots and is taking over the University of Houston.

You'll recall Sampson got in a heap of trouble with the NCAA for making impermissible phone calls to recruits (at a time he wasn't supposed to)...over and over again. That got hims 5-year "Show/Cause" penalty and he's been an assistant coach for 2 different NBA teams since 2008. (He's served his 5-years)

Sampson is taking over the job from James Dickey. Dickey had some success with the Cougars, reaching the NCAA tournament two years ago and going 17-16 this season.

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 sanctions. 

The NCAA said Sampson and Meyer engaged in an impermissible recruiting contact during a two-day sports camp held at Assembly Hall in 2007.  Sampson was forced to resign.

Here's the video evidence of the confrontation.  (Thanks WRTV, Indianapolis)



UPDATE:
In Monday's Big Ten teleconference Tom Crean said he has apologized to Jeff Meyer. 

"I apologized for that and in retrospect, I wish I would not have addressed anything in the heat of battle. But it’s done,” Crean said.

Crean added, ""End of story. We move onto to the Big Ten tournament."

By the way the Hoosiers has never won the Big Ten Conference tournament.