Sam Sample
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Sam Sample
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|31|1973|4|26}}{{cite news|title=Nebraska Native Named To Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53678635/the-lincoln-star/|newspaper=The Lincoln Star|page=33|date=April 26, 1973|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}
| birth_place = Fullerton, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = ?–1963
| player_team1 = Hastings{{cite web | url=http://www.hastingsbroncos.com/hallOfFame/1/39.php | title=Hastings College Hall of Fame - Sam Sample }}
| coach_years1 = 1968–1971
| coach_team1 = Dakota Wesleyan
| coach_years2 = 1974–1976
| coach_team2 = Sterling
| coach_years3 = 1977–1981
| coach_team3 = Taylor
| overall_record = 41–66–1
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Sam Sample (born 1941 or 1942) is a former American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University from 1968 to 1971, at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas from 1974 to 1976, and at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana from 1977 to 1981, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–66–1. He attended Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, where lettered in football, basketball, and track. He signed a contract with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1963.{{cite news|title=Sample's 216 Pounds Not Enough For Pro End|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53678361/the-lincoln-star/|page=15|last=Brown|first=Hal|newspaper=The Lincoln Star|date=October 2, 1965|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}
Coaching career
Sample was the head football coach at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas for three seasons, from 1974 to 1976, compiling a record of 9–18–1.{{Cite web
|last=DeLassus
|first=David
|title=Sterling College Records By Year (incomplete data)
|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse
|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/year_by_year_current.php?teamid=3102
|accessdate=March 19, 2013
|archive-date=June 22, 2015
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042530/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/year_by_year_current.php?teamid=3102
|url-status=dead
}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scwarriors.com/d/2011-12/2011_SC_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|publisher=Sterling Warriors|title=Football Media Guide|accessdate=March 19, 2013}}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dakota Wesleyan Tigers
| conf = South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1968
| endyear = 1971
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Dakota Wesleyan
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Dakota Wesleyan
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Dakota Wesleyan
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Dakota Wesleyan
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dakota Wesleyan
| overall = 16–20
| confrecord = 8–16
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sterling Warriors
| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1974
| endyear = 1976
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Sterling
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 9th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Sterling
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 4–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Sterling
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 2nd (tie)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sterling
| overall = 10–16–1
| confrecord = 10–13–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Taylor Trojans
| conf = Hoosier–Buckeye Conference
| startyear = 1977
| endyear = 1981
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Taylor
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Taylor
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Taylor
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Taylor
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Taylor
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Taylor
| overall = 14–31
| confrecord = 12–28
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 40–67–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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Category:Dakota Wesleyan Tigers football coaches
Category:Hastings Broncos football players
Category:Hastings Broncos men's basketball players
Category:Sterling Warriors football coaches
Category:Taylor Trojans football coaches
Category:Hastings Broncos men's track and field athletes
Category:People from Nance County, Nebraska
Category:Coaches of American football from Nebraska
Category:Players of American football from Nebraska
Category:Basketball players from Nebraska
Category:Track and field athletes from Nebraska
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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