Kellen Sampson
Title: Assistant coach, Houston | Age: 35
Sampson began his college basketball journey as walk-on at Oklahoma. After his father, Kelvin, left OU for Indiana, Kellen finished his career under Jeff Capel and was given the team’s Most Inspirational Award. Sampson worked as an assistant at Indiana, Oklahoma, Stephen F. Austin and Appalachian State before rejoining his father on the bench in 2014 at Houston, where they have transformed the Cougars into a top-25 program. Kellen is Houston’s designated successor as head coach when Kelvin, 65, leaves or retires.