Coaches
Sam Shade
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Sam Shade
Played at Alabama
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2008 | Briarwood Christian HS (AL) (HS) | Position | Volunteer coach | not known |
| 2009-2015 | Samford | ST coord. | Special teams / defensive passing game coordinator | not known |
| 2017 | Georgia State | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Shawn Elliott |
| 2018 | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Assistant special teams coach | not known |
| 2020-2021 | Pinson Valley HS (AL) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2022-2024 | Miles | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2025- | Alabama A&M | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alabama A&M (FCS) | 4-8 | - → - | 93 | 119 | - | 50% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Alabama A&M (FCS) | 7-3 | - → - | 6 | 18 | - | 33% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Miles | Division II | 1-9 |
| 2023 | Miles | Division II | 7-3 |
| 2024 | Miles | Division II | 10-3 |
Worked under
- Shawn Elliott · Georgia State 2017 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Pat Sullivan · Samford 2009-2014 · him ST coord., them Head coach
- Rhett Lashlee* · Samford 2011 · him ST coord., them OC, Position
- Travis Trickett · Samford 2011-2015 · him ST coord., them OC, Position
- Kodi Burns · Samford 2014 · him ST coord., them Position
- Chris Hatcher · Samford 2015 · him ST coord., them Head coach
- Russ Callaway · Samford 2015 · him ST coord., them Other, Position
- Nate Fuqua · Georgia State 2017 · him Position, them DC
- Rusty Wright · Georgia State 2017 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Shawn Elliott · Georgia State 2017 · him Position, them Head coach
- Travis Trickett · Georgia State 2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Shelling · Miles 2023-2024 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Chris Shelling · Alabama A&M 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Other
- Dennis Alexander · Alabama A&M 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them OC