Lauren Sampson
@laurenEsampson
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Lumbee Native American, University of Houston Men's Basketball Director of Operations - External #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
Houston, TX
Joined December 2009
64 years ago tonight, a KKK leader from South Carolina thought that he'd head up to Robeson County, North Carolina to intimidate the Lumbee Tribe at a nighttime rally. The ensuing rout of the Klan has become known as the Battle of Hayes Pond. ❤️✊🏽 #Lumbee
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The 2021-2022 Houston Cougars…so very proud to be apart of this program and go to battle for these guys ❤️.- AAC Regular Season Champions .- AAC Tournament Champions .- Elite Eight .- 32-6 .#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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This team and players deserve their roses….⁃Big 12 Champions .⁃Sweet 16 .⁃32-5.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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I have loved every moment that I have spent with this team. We started this journey in June and ends with 33 wins, an American Conference Championship and a Sweet 16 Appearance. So very proud #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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Happy Anniversary to My Parents. No way they knew what was in store for them on this day. Just hold tight and enjoy the ride!!!!! @CoachSampsonUH ❤️❤️❤️
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Culture.
"I can't overstate how difficult it is, for most programs, to make a jump like the jump Houston made from the AAC to the Big 12. But they have made it look very, very simple.". —@GaryParrishCBS on @UHCougarMBK
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The older I get the more impressed I am with my dad. Not because he is perfect but because he never stops trying to get better. Happy Father’s Day to my dad… who can make me laugh like no other ❤️
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10 years ago today… the first win with @UHCougarMBK… what a journey it has been! . #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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Happy Anniversary to my Amazing Parents! As Papa Ned always said, it's not about the destination but about the journey. And these two have been unbelievable examples of that. So blessed and proud to be their daughter! ❤️
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On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay I want to shine a light on my dad! @CoachSampsonUH is the first and only Native American Coach to take a team to the Final Four (he has done it twice, with @OU_MBBall in 2002 and @UHCougarMBK on 2021) #ProudDaughter #Lumbee ❤️✊🏽
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10 years as COOGS! ❤️.From the first day in 2014 to Big 12 Champions in 2024.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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🙌🏽🏀❤️ #ForTheCity #GoCoogs.
Share the news, @UHouston fans, and join @CoachSampsonUH in 2019-20 in the Fertitta Center. #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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The more things change the more things stay the same… my dad is still my hero who inspires and pushes everyone around him to be better… still the luckiest girl alive that he is my dad ❤️. Happy Birthday to the 🐐
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Then…June 16, 1979.Now…June 16, 2024. Happy 45th Anniversary❤️
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Happy Birthday to My Dad @CoachSampsonUH! From driving me to dance class to attempting to teach me golf, he has shown me how to fight, I am proud to be apart of his program & be his daughter. I get a front row seat to watch 1 of the greatest of all time do what he does best! ❤️
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This was 7 years ago… before we were a @Jumpman23 program, before the Fertitta Center and before we had gone to @MarchMadnessMBB… we worked just as hard and what was true then remains true now… First game is this Monday and we need you! .#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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First weekend off and Papa K with the neighborhood kids, Maisy Jade and Kylen Ned ❤️
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Happy Birthday to My Dad @CoachSampsonUH . He makes me laugh like no other and I am so proud to be apart of his program and be his daughter. I get a front row seat to watch one of the greatest of all time do what he does best! ❤️
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While some things change. some remain the same. @CoachSampsonUH, @HollisHp and @quannasbwhite in the @FinalFour #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
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PROUD ❤️.
.@CoachSampsonUH is @AP_Top25 National Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. His 5th National Coach of the Year accolade in 2023-24. CONGRATS, Coach! . #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs . 🔗 –
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Happy Birthday to my dad, @coachsampsonuh! I continue to be so proud to be his daughter & inspired by his courage to voice his opinion & fight for what is right. Thank you for making us laugh, pushing us to be better & trivia quizzes that never (😳) gets old! I love you! ❤️
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#tbt to 2015-Year 2 of the Sampson Era-I spent the day in meetings on campus telling folks we play basketball (shocking some) & spent the pm in Hofheinz at our photo shoot. I stood behind my dad & took this picture. I knew what was being built was going to be special .#ForTheCity
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“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something”.RIP John Lewis ❤️
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From summer basketball camp, Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, traveling back and forth from TSU, road trips, the man bun and so much more, I have been proud each and every day to be apart of this program. I am so lucky to be apart of the #ForTheCity movement ❤️ #GoCoogs
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Presenting the @CBSSports National Coach of the Year. CONGRATS @UHouston @CoachSampsonUH!. Absolutely no finer coach at any level in any sport anywhere. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs . 🔗 –
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I have watched him build this program brick by brick. so proud to work with him everyday! #CoachOfTheYearEveryYear #ProudDaughter #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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Family business… been at this for a long time.
At the @UHCougarMBK game tonight and I have to admit how wrong I was about @laurenEsampson. When she was hired I thought it was simply a nepo job. BUT what she has done to make an incredible in-game experience for UHMBK is unreal. She should be running football game day too 🐾.
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It seems like a lifetime ago but this program was built brick by brick ❤️🤍.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs.
In 2016, Coach Sampson was personally asking students if they’d come to basketball games. Today, he’s built a culture that packs the Fertitta Center every week.
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Once in a while it is important to remember how far we have come & to appreciate every step on our journey-We are no where close to our finish line but I so love each one of those players who trusted us those early years when we played in front of so few. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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These walls are filling up with banners at the Guy V Lewis Development Facility! ❤️🙌🏽 #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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This journey started in June and took us from Italy to Hawaii. with stops across America. It ends with our 2nd AAC Championship and a million memories. I will miss this team and I am so proud to be apart of the @uhcougarmbk Family! ❤️ #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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A peak of all of the quilts my mom made for our visit to the Children’s @memorialhermann Hospital ❤️@UHCougarMBK .#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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We have been working on this for 4 years…. From the research, design concept and oh so many meetings…. We are not finished yet but I loved seeing these smiling faces ! ❤️.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs.
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What a GREAT COLLEGE BASKETBALL ATMOSPHERE! That was a big time home court advantage… excited to do it again on Friday! #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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❤️ @MTechHoops
Kelvin Sampson’s favorite net-cutting experience was his first, when he carried 2-year-old @laurenEsampson up the ladder following a championship at Montana Tech.
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This one ❤️
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Brick by Brick ❤️. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs.
This was Kelvin Sampson begging students to come to games in 2016. Now Houston is one of the best programs in the nation and sell out every game . There are no shortcuts in on the top. You HAVE to take the stairs. (Via @UHouston 🎥).
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Happy Birthday to My Dad! He makes me laugh like no other and I am so proud to be apart of his program and be his daughter. I get a front row seat to watch one of the greatest of all time do what he does best! ❤️
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One of the greatest to ever pick up a whistle. @CoachSampsonUH receives 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 𝑰𝒃𝒂 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 as National Coach of the Year from @USBWA . Second time in his career to earn this honor. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs . 🔗 –
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How about HOUSTON!?! Only 14 D1 schools reached the postseason on the gridiron, the hardwood and the diamond in 2017-18. CONGRATULATIONS @UHCougarMBK, @UHCougarBB and @UHCougarFB on bing on that exclusive list! #ForTheCity #M64 #HTownTakeover #GoCoogs
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How The Sampson Family Revitalized Houston’s Men’s Basketball Program On And Off The Court #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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I can’t tell you how many conversations we had and how relentless we were and continue to be. The vision was there and he put it in action. So proud to be apart of this program #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs.
When @CoachSampsonUH was hired in April 2014, he had a clear plan to put @UHCougarMBK back on the map. Safe to say he's done just that. He joined @KPRC2RandyMc on @KPRC2 Sports Sunday days after being hired in 2014.
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Kelvin Sampson’s wife Karen on her husband’s journey to get where he is w/ @UHCougarMBK: “We started at have-nots.When u don’t have the best players.U don’t have the best facilities.U don’t have. U got to make your have-nots a have. This is nothing new for him.This is in his DNA”
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My 1st year with @UHCougarMBK I saw @EdwinM201 at a game & introduced myself. I had 1 question. how did you hear about our game cause non of the other students did!😂 From that point on he made it his mission to fill the student section #ForeverThankful #ForTheCity #GoCoogs.
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One of my favorite parts of my job is designing our rings… thank you @VictoryRings for making the ideas become a reality! 🥶💍. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs.
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UH embraces Houston culture with Fat Pat 'Tops Drop' intro .❤️🙌🏽.@g_robinson1.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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The foundation of our gameday atmosphere that we have in the Fertitta Center was created in Hofheinz… I will forever be grateful to the @SpiritofUH @UHCougarDolls @UHcheerleading for believing in us ❤️ .#ForTheCity # #GoCoogs
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In honor of @CoachesvsCancer and #SuitsAndSneakers week ❤️.Was fun to see this combo again .#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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In honor of @CollegeGameDay coming to @UHouston and @UHCougarMBK a look back on our campus blitzes. #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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❤️ #ProudDaughter.
The years have passed. The excellence remains constant. CONGRATS on your 1️⃣,1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th game, @CoachSampsonUH. #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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Tearful Kelvin Sampson on Seeing Eddie Sutton: 'He Made Me a Better Coach' | Pistols Firing ❤️
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“Thirty seven years ago is irrelevant to our team. Our team is now. People should be heaping praise on this group of kids. This is about this group of kids. What they’ve accomplished.” — UH coach Kelvin Sampson. 🗣 #ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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Maddie was one of my interns when I first got to UH in the athletics marketing & she followed me to basketball… the amount of flyers, door knocking, poster sign making and lord knows what else we did those early days makes seeing her so much fun! (Oh… and we got the win) ❤️
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Happy Birthday to My Dad @CoachSampsonUH ❤️ Coaching is not just a profession but his calling & I am so proud to be apart of his program and be his daughter. I get a front row seat to watch one of the greatest of all time do what he does best!
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In honor of @thetournament the @ForeverCoogsTBT… back when I did @iRob_G hair!.#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
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So impressed with the @UHCougarMBK fans this non-conference season. ready for the @American_MBB season! See you on Wednesday! #ForTheCity #GoCoogs
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Happy Father’s Day to My Dad @CoachSampsonUH! From driving me to dance class to attempting to teach me golf, he has shown me how to fight, I am proud to be apart of his program & his daughter. I get a front row seat to watch 1 of the greatest of all time do what he does best! ❤️
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