Samford University Football

John Grass was named Samford's 37th head football coach on Dec. 3, 2025.    “Coach Grass has won at every level,” Samford President Dr. Beck A. Taylor said. “He

Aashon Larkins enters his first season on the football coaching staff at Samford.   Larkins spent the 2025 season on the staff at Appalachian State, where he served

Andrew Swinney enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Swinney comes to Samford after spending the last two seasons as a player development/assistant

Andrew Zow enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.    Zow comes to Samford from Clemson, where he served on the staff for the last five

Brandon Thomas enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Thomas comes to Samford after four seasons on the staff at Clemson, including

Cally Chizik enters his first season on the Samford football staff as the safeties coach.   Chizik comes to Samford after spending the 2025 season as a graduate

Carson Kaiser begins his first year as the director of football operations at Samford.   Kaiser comes to Samford from Clemson where he served as a graduate video

Chris Landrum enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Landrum is a graduate of Jacksonville State University with a B.A. degree in

Chuck Dunn enters his first season on the football coaching staff at Samford.   Dunn comes to Samford with over 30 years of coaching experience at both the high

Jake Venables enters his first season as the director of football strength and conditioning.   Venables comes to Samford after spending the last three seasons

James Carlson is entering his 24th season at Samford. Carlson serves as the director of equipment services for the athletics department. Carlson oversees all

Jaylen Swain enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford. Swain spent last season at West Virginia as the teams Defensive Ends Assistant.

Logan Self enters his first season on the Samford football staff as an analyst   Self comes to Samford after spending the 2024 and 2025 seasons as a graduate assistant

Mickey Conn enters his first season on the football coaching staff at Samford.   Conn comes to Samford after serving on the staff at Clemson from 2016 to 2025.

Montralius Mosley, Jr., enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Mosley comes to Samford after serving as an offensive assistant and

Paul Tyson enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Tyson, the great-grandson of legendary Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant,

Rocky Sabbatini is entering his 17th ­season as Football Video Coordinator.  He is responsible for the filming and editing of all practices and games as well

Will Gilchrist enters his first season as an assistant football coach at Samford.   Gilchrist comes to Samford after spending the last three seasons working with

Xavier Robinson enters his first year as the director of player personnel for Samford football.   Robinson comes to Samford after spending the last two seasons