Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars are fresh off a trip to the national title game, suffering a loss in the final leg of the NCAA Tournament. Houston made their way to the national title game and lost to the Florida Gators after defeating a couple of the best teams in the league.

Houston Cougars basketball coach Kelvin Sampson says he built a culture of winning from four leadership tenets: consistency, competence, confidence and confrontation.

When Kelvin Sampson took over as head coach of the University of Houston’s men’s basketball program in 2014, the team was far from a powerhouse. Within less than a decade, he managed to make Houston one of the most intimidating teams in college basketball,