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Tony Samuel (born November 14, 1955) is the
current head football coach for Southeast Missouri State. Samuel's previous
head coaching position was with New Mexico State University
from 1997-2004. He had a 34-57 record which puts him third all-time
for wins by an NMSU head coach.
Playing
career
Samuel played four years at the University of Nebraska and was a member of
Tom Osborne's first
recruiting class. He was a two-year starter at defensive end, played in four bowl games and earned
honorable mention All-Big Eight honors as a senior.
Early
Coaching Career
From 1986 to 1996, Samuel coached the outside linebackers and rush ends at Nebraska, his
alma mater, for legendary head coach Tom Osborne. He mentored six
first team All-Americans and 12 future National Football League
players, including first-round draft picks Broderick
Thomas (1989), Mike
Croel (1991), Trev
Alberts (1994) and Grant Wistrom (1998). During Samuel's 11
seasons with the Cornhuskers, they were national champions in 1994 and 1995,
captured seven Big Eight/Big 12 Conference
championships, averaged 10 wins per year and played in 11 bowl
games.
New Mexico State Record
under Samuel
| Year |
Overall Record |
|
| 1997 |
2-9 |
| 1998 |
3-8 |
| 1999 |
6-5 |
| 2000 |
3-8 |
| 2001 |
5-7 |
| 2002 |
7-5 |
| 2003 |
3-9 |
| 2004 |
5-6 |
Personal
A native of Trinidad,
West
Indies, Samuel moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, at the
age of 10. He earned his B.S. degree in education from Nebraska in
1981. He is married with five children.
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