[1] Kampe, a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame,[2] is one of nine Division I basketball coaches who have been at the same school for at least 25 seasons.

[5] On March 8, 2023, Kampe became the current longest tenured men’s college basketball coach after Jim Boeheim retired after 47 years.

On March 12, 2024, Kampe led the Golden Grizzlies to a 83-76 Horizon League Tournament Championship victory over the Milwaukee Panthers.

In a 16–14 win over Southern Mississippi in 1975, Kampe broke the Mid-American Conference and BGSU record for average yards per punt with 57.5.

[13] Kampe raised over $200,000 for the American Cancer Society in 2015 with an auction for rounds of golf at Oakland Hills Country Club with other NCAA college basketball coaches.