Bill Samko
{{short description|American football coach (born 1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Samko
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|9}}
| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| player_sport1 = Baseball
| player_years2 = 1971
| player_team2 = Connecticut
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1974–1980
| coach_team2 = Tufts (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1981–1986
| coach_team3 = Yale (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1987–1993
| coach_team4 = Sewanee
| coach_years5 = 1994–2010
| coach_team5 = Tufts
| coach_years6 = 2011
| coach_team6 = Holy Cross (volunteer)
| coach_years7 = 2012–2016
| coach_team7 = Holy Cross (OL)
| coach_years8 = 2017–2021
| coach_team8 = Bentley (AHC/OL)
| coach_sport9 = Baseball
| coach_years10 = 1979–1982
| coach_team10 = Tufts
| coach_years11 = 1990
| coach_team11 = Sewanee
| overall_record = 92–106–1 (football)
67–63 (baseball)
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Bill Samko (born July 8, 1952) is an American college football coach. He was most recently the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the Bentley University. Samko served as head coach of Tufts University between 1994 and 2010, compiling a record of 57–79.{{cite web |author= |title=Tufts University Jumbos Football Program Records |url=https://gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/2022/5/27/program-records |publisher=Tufts Athletics |access-date=September 24, 2023 }} He also served as head coach of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1987 to 1993, tallying a mark of 35–27–1.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/scac/sewanee/coaching_records.php |title=Sewanee Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222071713/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/scac/sewanee/coaching_records.php |archivedate=December 22, 2011 }} Prior to his tenures as a head coach, Samko served as an assistant coach at Tufts from 1974 to 1980 and at Yale University from 1981 to 1986 under head coach Carmen Cozza.{{cite news |last=Monahan |first=Bob |title=Ford is out, Samko in as Tufts football coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/132345717/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=May 17, 1994 |page=87 |access-date=September 24, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl =no | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sewanee Tigers
| conf = College Athletic Conference / Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1993
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1990
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 2–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1992
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 35–27–1
| confrecord = 13–14–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Tufts Jumbos
| conf = New England Small College Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 2010
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Tufts
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding =
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Tufts
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding =
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Tufts
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding =
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Tufts
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding =
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Tufts
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Tufts
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Tufts
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Tufts
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Tufts
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Tufts
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Tufts
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Tufts
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Tufts
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = Tufts
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = Tufts
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Tufts
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–8th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Tufts
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = T–9th
| bowlname = no
| bowloutcome = no
| bcsbowl = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Tufts
| overall = 57–79
| confrecord = 57–79
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 92–106–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.bentleyfalcons.com/sports/fball/coaches/SAMKO_BILL?view=bio Bentley profile]
- [https://goholycross.com/staff-directory/bill-samko/160 Holy Cross profile]
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