Ra'Shaad Samples

Ra'Shaad Samples (born December 11, 1994) is an American football coach who is currently the running backs coach at TCU, where he also serves as their run game coordinator and assistant head coach. A native of Dallas, Texas, he has established himself as one of top college football recruiters of the Dallas–Fort Worth area. He previously served as the assistant head coach at SMU for 2 seasons (2019-2021).[1]

Ra'Shaad Samples
Current position
TitleAssistant Head Coach / Run Game Coordinator / Running Backs Coach
TeamTCU
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1994-12-11) December 11, 1994
Dallas, Texas
Playing career
2013–2014Oklahoma State
2015–2016Houston
Position(s)Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–2017Houston (SA)
2018Texas (assistant WR)
2019SMU (OA)
2020SMU (RB/RC)
2021SMU (AHC/RB)
2022–presentTCU (AHC/RGC/RB)

Playing career

Samples was a former four-star wide receiver at Oklahoma State who later transferred to play at Houston.[2] His playing career was cut short when he was forced to medically retire due to suffering a number of concussions.[3]

Coaching career

Samples remained with Houston as a student assistant before joining former Houston coach Tom Herman's staff at Texas in 2018 as an assistant wide receivers coach.[4]

SMU

Samples was hired as an offensive assistant at SMU in 2019, serving as the program's top recruiter rather coaching a position.[5] He was officially promoted to running backs coach and recruiting coordinator in 2020, and was promoted to assistant head coach in 2021.[6][7]

TCU

On November 29, 2021, Samples was announced as the assistant head coach and running backs coach for TCU, joining new head coach Sonny Dykes.

References
  1. "Led by star recruiter Ra'Shaad Samples, SMU is a destination on the rise". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. "Former OSU receiver Ra'shaad Samples tweets he's headed to Houston". Tulsa World. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. "Concussions end playing career of UH's Ra'Shaad Samples". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. "Texas hires former Oklahoma State WR Rashaad Samples to football staff". Burnt Orange Nation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. "SMU brought Ra'Shaad Samples home to be its ace Dallas recruiter. He wants to show he can be a great coach, too". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. "SMU's Ra'Shaad Samples reflects on taking over as running backs coach". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. SMU Football [@SMU_Football] (March 1, 2021). "New title who this? 😏 @RashaadSamples has been promoted to Running Backs/Assistant Head Coach" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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