Ra'Shaad Samples

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Ra'Shaad Samples
Oregon Ducks
Position:Assistant Head Coach & Running Backs Coach
Personal information
Born: (1994-12-11) December 11, 1994 (age 29)
Dallas, Texas
Career information
High school: Skyline (Dallas, Texas)
College:
Career history
As a coach:
  • Houston (2016–2017)
    Student assistant
  • Texas (2018)
    Assistant wide receivers coach
  • SMU (2019)
    Offensive assistant
  • SMU (2020)
    Running backs coach & recruiting coordinator
  • SMU (2021)
    Assistant head coach & running backs coach
  • Los Angeles Rams (2022)
    Running backs coach
  • Arizona State (2023–2024)
    Wide receivers coach & passing game coordinator


Ra'Shaad Samples (born December 11, 1994) is an American football coach who is currently the Assistant Head Coach and Running Backs coach at The University of Oregon. He previously served as running backs coach for the Los Angeles Rams. 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]

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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

SMU

Samples was hired as an offensive assistant at SMU in 2019, serving as the program's top recruiter rather coaching a position. [4] He was officially promoted to running backs coach and recruiting coordinator in 2020, and was promoted to assistant head coach in 2021. [5] [6]

Los Angeles Rams

He left for the NFL to become the Los Angeles Rams running backs coach for the 2022 season. Samples was instrumental in the evaluation process which led to the drafting of Kyran Williams who was a 2024 pro-bowl participant. He was responsible for the early development of Williams during the 2022 season.

Texas Christian University

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

Arizona State

On December 9, 2022, Samples announced he was leaving the Rams to return to college as the Passing Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers coach at Arizona State for the 2023 season. [7]

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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. "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.
  5. "SMU's Ra'Shaad Samples reflects on taking over as running backs coach". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. SMU Football [@SMU_Football] (March 1, 2021). "New title who this? 😏 @RashaadSamples has been promoted to Running Backs/Assistant Head Coach" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. https://news.asu.edu/20221209-sun-devil-football-tabs-rashaad-samples-wr-coachpassing-game-coord