Bill Samko (born July 8, 1952) is an American football coach. He is the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the Bentley University. Samko served as head coach of Tufts University between 1994 and 2010, where he compiled a record of 57–79[1] He also served as head coach of Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee) between 1987 and 1993 where he compiled an overall record of 35–27–1.[2] Prior to his career as a head coach, Samko served as an assistant coach at Tufts from 1974 to 1980 and at Yale from 1981 to 1986.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant head coach, offensive line coach (football) |
| Team | Bentley |
| Conference | NE-10 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1951-07-09) July 9, 1951 (age 71) Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1971 | Connecticut |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1974–1980 | Tufts (assistant) |
| 1981–1986 | Yale (assistant) |
| 1987–1993 | Sewanee |
| 1994–2010 | Tufts |
| 2011 | Holy Cross (volunteer) |
| 2012–2016 | Holy Cross (OL) |
| 2017–present | Bentley (AHC/OL) |
| Baseball | |
| 1979–1982 | Tufts |
| 1990 | Sewanee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 92–106–1 (football) 67–63 (baseball) |
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewanee Tigers (College Athletic Conference / Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1987–1993) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Sewanee | 5–4 | 1–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1988 | Sewanee | 3–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1989 | Sewanee | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1990 | Sewanee | 6–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1991 | Sewanee | 7–1–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1992 | Sewanee | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1993 | Sewanee | 4–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Sewanee: | 35–27–1 | 13–14–1 | |||||||
| Tufts Jumbos (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1994–2010) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Tufts | 2–6 | 2–6 | ||||||
| 1995 | Tufts | 4–4 | 4–4 | ||||||
| 1996 | Tufts | 1–7 | 1–7 | ||||||
| 1997 | Tufts | 3–5 | 3–5 | ||||||
| 1998 | Tufts | 7–1 | 7–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1999 | Tufts | 4–4 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| 2000 | Tufts | 2–6 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2001 | Tufts | 6–2 | 6–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2002 | Tufts | 3–5 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 2003 | Tufts | 5–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2004 | Tufts | 2–6 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2005 | Tufts | 2–6 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2006 | Tufts | 4–4 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2007 | Tufts | 5–3 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2008 | Tufts | 4–4 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2009 | Tufts | 2–6 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||||
| 2010 | Tufts | 1–7 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
| Tufts: | 57–79 | 57–79 | |||||||
| Total: | 92–106–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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