When Kelvin Sampson was offered the Houston head coaching job, he was in no position to be picky if he wanted to run his own program again. You'd never recognize the place now.

It has been a special season for Houston men’s basketball, and that was reflected in the Big 12 Conference postseason awards announced on Monday. Cougars’ head coach Kelvin Sampson was named as the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second straight season,

Many people did’t think that Houston basketball would be able to continue dominating season after season after moving to the Big 12, but Kelvin Sampson and company have proven everybody wrong. Houston

Kelvin Sampson is The Associated Press Big 12 coach of the year for the second year in a row. Second-ranked Houston won another regular-season conference title this year, and Cougars guard LJ Cryer is the league’s top player.

While Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was having his Thursday media conference, word broke about the resignation of women’s basketball coach Ronald Hughey. Hughey announced he was stepping down after spending 11 seasons at the helm of the Cougars.

After a stellar season that included a second straight regular season title, Kelvin Sampson was named Big 12 coach of the year and the Cougars’ Joseph Tugler earned defensive player of the year in a vote of league coaches announced Monday.