Kelvin contract extension

[WichitaSooner]

Through the '28-'29 season. I know those can often be a formality, but sure doesn't look like he has any plans of retiring any time soon. Kellen will likely have to wait a long while if he isn't willing to take a job elsewhere.

 

[CMSOONER]

Surely Kelvin would advise Kellen to try get some experience at another school.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Surely Kelvin would advise Kellen to try get some experience at another school.

Anywhere but ou!

 

[WaymanFan]

Surely Kelvin would advise Kellen to try get some experience at another school.

I wonder if he's at least interviewed for head coaching jobs at mid-major schools. The only time he has been away from dad was about 15 years back when he had a brief run at App State under Jeff Capel's brother, Jason. That didn't work out too well. He basically has a choice of waiting for dad to retire or accept a head coaching position at a smaller school. I can't imagine the Houston fans are excited for a complete unknown to take over a once-proud program that Kelvin re-built from scratch.

 

[WTSooner]

I wonder if he's at least interviewed for head coaching jobs at mid-major schools. The only time he has been away from dad was about 15 years back when he had a brief run at App State under Jeff Capel's brother, Jason. That didn't work out too well. He basically has a choice of waiting for dad to retire or accept a head coaching position at a smaller school. I can't imagine the Houston fans are excited for a complete unknown to take over a once-proud program that Kelvin re-built from scratch.

Complete unknown?

I really don't get this line of thinking. Was Bob Stoops not a complete unknown as a HC? How about Barry Switzer?

Several years ago Kelvin said that Kellen "lead" a lot of parts of the basketball program. I think he said that he ran some of the practices, and I know he said he was the lead on recruiting. Maybe things have changed over the years or whatever, but he is not just riding his dad's coattails.

Again, I get it, doesn't mean he'll be successful, but I'd rather take a shot on a guy like him that has been around winning basketball pretty much his entire life, then some of the other options that get thrown out around here.

 

[WaymanFan]

Complete unknown?

I really don't get this line of thinking. Was Bob Stoops not a complete unknown as a HC? How about Barry Switzer?

Several years ago Kelvin said that Kellen "lead" a lot of parts of the basketball program. I think he said that he ran some of the practices, and I know he said he was the lead on recruiting. Maybe things have changed over the years or whatever, but he is not just riding his dad's coattails.

Again, I get it, doesn't mean he'll be successful, but I'd rather take a shot on a guy like him that has been around winning basketball pretty much his entire life, then some of the other options that get thrown out around here.

Perhaps not my best choice of words, but how many other top-25 / top-30 all-time college hoops programs would hire a head coach who: 1) was a walk-on college basketball player, 2) has no previous head-coaching experience at any level, and 3) has very little assistant coaching experience at any level except under his dad. With 5 Final Fours and more than 40 NCAA Tournament victories, Oklahoma University is not a school where you go for on-the-job-training.

If I was a Houston Cougars fan, I would wonder how good Kellen can be if his 70+ year old dad wants to keep coaching for several more years. Pat Knight turned out to be an awful head coach, but at least his dad had enough confidence in him to turn TTech over to him while he was still in his 60s.