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Sampson Hired As Bucks Assistant
posted 12:04 am Thu May 15, 2008 -
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(Sports Network) - Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond announced that Kelvin Sampson and three others will join the team as assistant coaches under new head coach Scott Skiles. The others hired to round out the staff include Jim Boylan, Lionel Hollins and Joe Wolf.
The announcement comes nearly three months after Sampson was forced to resign as the head coach of Indiana's men's basketball program amid five major NCAA rules violations.
The NCAA released a list of allegations against the Indiana basketball program on February 13, including impermissible phone calls by Sampson and his staff. Sampson and his staff have been accused of violating telephone recruiting restrictions imposed because of previous violations by Sampson at Oklahoma. The coach was also accused of lying to the school and NCAA investigators.
Sampson, who has never held a coaching position in the NBA, was in his second season at Indiana at the time of his resignation.
In 25 years as a collegiate head coach, including 12 years at Oklahoma and stints with Washington State and Montana Tech, Sampson amassed a record of 498-272 and guided Oklahoma to the Final Four in 2002.
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The announcement comes nearly three months after Sampson was forced to resign as the head coach of Indiana's men's basketball program amid five major NCAA rules violations.
The NCAA released a list of allegations against the Indiana basketball program on February 13, including impermissible phone calls by Sampson and his staff. Sampson and his staff have been accused of violating telephone recruiting restrictions imposed because of previous violations by Sampson at Oklahoma. The coach was also accused of lying to the school and NCAA investigators.Sampson, who has never held a coaching position in the NBA, was in his second season at Indiana at the time of his resignation.
In 25 years as a collegiate head coach, including 12 years at Oklahoma and stints with Washington State and Montana Tech, Sampson amassed a record of 498-272 and guided Oklahoma to the Final Four in 2002.
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