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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1955)}}
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{{Distinguish|Tony Samuels}}
{{For|the publisher|Tony Samuel (publisher)}}
{{Infobox college coach
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| contract = <!-- $171,635.42 ([[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]]: 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://transparentnevada.com/salaries/2018/university-nevada-las-vegas/marlon-a-samuel/|title = Multiple records for Marlon A. Samuel|publisher = Transparent Nevada|accessdate = October 12, 2019}}</ref> -->
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|14}}
| birth_place = [[Trinidad]]
| death_date = 
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| alma_mater = [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]])
| player_years1 = 1974–1977
| player_team1 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| player_positions = [[Defensive end]]
| coach_years1 = 1982–1983
| coach_team1 = [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]] (DL)
| coach_years2 = 1984–1985
| coach_team2 = [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] (DL)
| coach_years3 = 1986–1996
| coach_team3 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] (DE/OLB)
| coach_years4 = 1997–2004
| coach_team4 = [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]
| coach_years5 = 2005
| coach_team5 = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] (DE)
| coach_years6 = 2006–2013
| coach_team6 = [[Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football|Southeast Missouri State]]
| coach_years7 = 2014
| coach_team7 = [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]] (OLB)
| coach_years8 = 2015
| coach_team8 = [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]] (DL)
| coach_years9 = 2016–2019
| coach_team9 = [[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]] (DL)
| overall_record = 65–117
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
| championships = 1 [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]] (2010)
| awards = [[Eddie Robinson Award]] (2010)<br>[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]] Coach of the Year (2010)
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'''Marlon Anthony Samuel''' (born November 14, 1955) is an American [[college football]] coach and former player. He served as head football coach at [[New Mexico State University]] (NMSU) from 1997 to 2004 and [[Southeast Missouri State University]] (SEMO) from 2005 to 2013, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 65 wins and 117 losses. Samuel had a 34–57 record at New Mexico State, which puts him at third all-time for wins in program history.

==Playing career==
Samuel played four years at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] and was a member of [[Tom Osborne]]'s first recruiting class. He was a two-year [[Starting lineup|starter]] at [[defensive end]], played in four [[bowl game]]s and earned honorable mention All-[[Big Eight Conference]] 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 head coach Tom Osborne. He mentored six first-team [[All-American]]s 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 [[NCAA Division I-A national football championship|national champions]] in 1994 and 1995, captured seven Big Eight or [[Big 12 Football Championship Game|Big 12]] Conference championships, averaged 10 wins per year and played in 11 bowl games.

==Head coaching tenures==
At New Mexico State from 1997 to 2004 as his contract was not renewed, Samuel compiled a 34–57 record. Their 6–5 record in 1999 was the best since 1992 and a 7–5 record in 2002 was their best record since 1970 until the 2023 season.

==Personal life==
A native of [[Trinidad]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[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.

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start
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|poll=both
|poll1=Media
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State Aggies]]
|conf=[[Big West Conference]]
|startyear=1997
|endyear=2000
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]]
|name=[[1997 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=2–9
|conference=0–5
|confstanding=6th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]]
|name=[[1998 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=3–8
|conference=1–4
|confstanding=6th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
|name=[[1999 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=6–5
|conference=3–2
|confstanding=3rd
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]
|name=[[2000 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=3–8
|conference=1–4
|confstanding=4th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State Aggies]]
|conf=[[Sun Belt Conference]]
|startyear=2001
|endyear=2004
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]]
|name=[[2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=5–7
|conference=4–2
|confstanding=3rd
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
|name=[[2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=7–5
|conference=5–1
|confstanding=2nd
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]]
|name=[[2003 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=3–9
|conference=2–5
|confstanding=7th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]]
|name=[[2004 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|overall=5–6
|conference=4–3
|confstanding=T–3rd
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
|name=New Mexico State
|overall=34–57
|confrecord=15–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football|Southeast Missouri State Redhawks]]
|conf=[[Ohio Valley Conference]]
|startyear=2006
|endyear=2013
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2006]]
|name=Southeast Missouri State
|overall=4–7
|conference=2–6
|confstanding=7th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2007]]
|name=Southeast Missouri State
|overall=3–8
|conference=1–5
|confstanding=9th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2008]]
|name=Southeast Missouri State
|overall=4–8
|conference=2–6
|confstanding=7th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2009]]
|name=[[2009 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team|Southeast Missouri State]]
|overall=2–9
|conference=1–7
|confstanding=9th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=conference
|year=[[2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2010]]
|name=[[2010 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team|Southeast Missouri State]]
|overall=9–3
|conference=7–1
|confstanding=1st
|bowlname=[[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
|bowloutcome=L
|ranking=13
|ranking2=13
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2011]]
|name=[[2011 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team|Southeast Missouri State]]
|overall=3–8
|conference=2–6
|confstanding=T–7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2012]]
|name=[[2012 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team|Southeast Missouri State]]
|overall=3–8
|conference=2–6
|confstanding=7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship=
|year=[[2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2013]]
|name=[[2013 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team|Southeast Missouri State]]
|overall=3–9
|conference=2–6
|confstanding=8th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
|name=Southeast Missouri State
|overall=31–60
|confrecord=19–43
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
|overall=65–117
|bowls=no
|poll=two
|polltype=Rankings for Southeast Missouri State from final [[The Sports Network (wire service)|Sports Network]] poll.
|polltype2=Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
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}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://unlvrebels.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tony-samuel/2139 UNLV profile]
* [https://semoredhawks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tony-samuel/1981 Southeast Missouri State profile (2013)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903160119/http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1900&ATCLID=62017 New Mexico State profile (2004)]

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