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.

Chris Boswell Wins On Onside Kick Demonstrations

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All the HQ is going to say is "watch..."


Rice's Chris Boswell goes all crossover-flip kick and WR Klein Kubiak picks it up...

Absolutely ridiculous...

Coaching Carousel: Sumlin leaves Houston for Texas A&M

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Kevin Sumlin

And the carousel keeps spinning.

Texas A&M has found their coach to lead them into their first season of SEC football.

That coach is now former Houston coach Kevin Sumlin.

Sumlin will take over the Aggie program after 4-years of leading the Cougars to 35 wins. In that time, the enhanced their reputation as one of the premier offensive programs in the NCAA.

There was a buzz on Friday that A&M was trying to woo Georgia coach Mark Richt, a rumor that we never believed. 

Sumlin takes over a program that struggle under former coach Mike Sherman after going 6-6 this past season. Sherman was informed that he lost his job via Twitter. A&M has not announced a press conference yet, it is assumed that will take place on Monday.