Indiana University Athletics
I-Men and I-Women Association Golf Outing Slated
5/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
May 2, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana head basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and head football coach Terry Hoeppner will appear at the I-Men's and I-Women's Associations annual Summer Golf Outing on Saturday, May 20 at the Indiana University Golf Course, S.R. 46 Bypass. Registration will be held from 10-11 a.m. at the main clubhouse at the IU Course, with lunch and shotgun tee times starting at 11 a.m. and a reception/dinner at 5 p.m. at the DeVault Alumni Center, 1000 East 17th Street. The reception and dinner will be held under the big red tent behind the Alumni Center.
Event cost is $65 per I-Men and I-Women Association member, and $90 for non-members and guests. Cost for the dinner only is $30. For more information, please contact Karl Zacker, (812)855-0981, kzacker@ indiana.edu.
Sampson, a two-time national coach of the year who led Oklahoma to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances (three Sweet 16, two Elite Eight and one Final Four finish), 10 20-plus win seasons, three Big 12 Tournament titles and a share of the 2004-05 regular season league crown in his 12-year Sooner tenure, was named the 26th head coach in IU history on March 29. Sampson brings some impressive credentials with him to Bloomington, including a 455-257 (.639) overall head coaching record and a 279-109 (.719) ledger at OU. Sampson averaged 23 wins per season during his 12-year Oklahoma career, and the Sooners were sixth in the nation with 156 victories and a .776 winning percentage from 1999-00 to 2004-05. OU has finished among the top three of the Big 12 Conference eight of the last 10 years, and they have won 12 of their last 17 overtime games (18-11 total).
With a 20-9 record in 2005-06, Sampson coached OU to its ninth consecutive 20-win season. Including this season, only five other coaches have posted 20 victories each of the last nine years: Lute Olson (16), Tubby Smith (13), Mike Krzyzewski (10), Jim Boeheim (nine) and Jim Calhoun (nine).
Sampson's club was productive on the court and in the classroom. The squad posted a 3.14 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale in the 2005 fall semester, setting a single-semester record for the 12-year Kelvin Sampson era. Eight of the 12 team members recorded a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Hoeppner made an immediate impact in his first year at the helm of the Hoosier program. In addition to leading Indiana to its first 4-1 start since 1994, Hoeppner rejuvenated an IU fan base that enjoyed a 39 percent increase in per game attendance, a 46 percent increase in overall season ticket sales and a 110 percent increase in student season ticket sales.
Hoeppner not only helped generate a buzz about Indiana football, but he and his staff installed an aggressive, big-play defense to go along with an exciting spread offense that threw a school record 24 touchdown passes.
Furthermore, Hoeppner helped establish new IU football traditions. Two hours prior to each home game, fans and players engaged in "The Walk," as Indiana coaches and players marched through the tailgating areas en route to the "crimson gates" at Memorial Stadium. Hoeppner also dubbed Memorial Stadium "The Rock," a nod to the stadium's limestone construction. A three-ton remnant from the original stadium construction was placed near the north end zone, as the IU coaches now challenge the Hoosiers to "defend the rock." Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the coaches and players join The Marching Hundred band to sing the school fight song after every home victory.
