HOUSTON (AP) — Kelvin Sampson earned the 800th win of his 37-year coaching career with No. 2 Houston’s 75-57 win over Lehigh on Monday night.

Sampson, who is in his 12th season at Houston, became the 17th NCAA Division I coach to reach 800 wins. He is the fourth active coach to reach the milestone, joining Rick Barnes, John Calipari and Bill Self.

“Putting Dean Smith and Kelvin Sampson in the same sentence doesn’t seem right to me,” Sampson said. “He’s an icon, and I’m just a ball coach. But it’s been fun. When you get to be 70, you know the end is near. Most of my contemporaries are just about all gone, but I still enjoy it.”

Sampson has a career record of 800-354, including 300-84 since taking over the Cougars in 2014. He went 73-45 at Montana Tech from 1980-85; 103-103 at Washington

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