Coaches
Lanear Sampson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Lanear Sampson
Played at Baylor
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-2017 | Syracuse | Analyst | Graduate assistant & quality control coach | Dino Babers |
| 2018 | Missouri State | Position | Wide receivers coach | not known |
| 2019 | McNeese | Position | Wide receivers coach | not known |
| 2020 | UCF | Analyst | Quality control coach | Josh Heupel*+ |
| 2021 | Syracuse | Position | Wide receivers coach | Dino Babers |
| 2022 | Austin Peay | Position | Pass game coordinator & wide receivers coach | not known |
| 2023 | Austin Peay | OC | Co-offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach✓ | not known |
| 2024-2025 | San Diego State | Position | Pass game coordinator & wide receivers coach | Sean Lewis* |
| 2026- | UTEP | OC | Co-offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach✓ | Scotty Walden* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator | 137 | 138 | 136 | 131 | 138 |
Worked under
- Dino Babers · Syracuse 2016-2021 (Analyst, GA, Position)
- Josh Heupel*+ · UCF 2020 (Analyst)
- Sean Lewis* · San Diego State 2024-2025 (Other, Position)
- Scotty Walden* · UTEP 2026 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Adam Gristick · Syracuse 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them Analyst, GA
- Brian Ward · Syracuse 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them DC
- Dino Babers · Syracuse 2016-2021 · him Analyst, GA, Position, them Head coach
- Kim McCloud · Syracuse 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them Other, Position
- Mike Hart · Syracuse 2016 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Mike Lynch · Syracuse 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them OC
- Nick Monroe · Syracuse 2016-2021 · him Analyst, GA, Position, them Position
- Sean Lewis* · Syracuse 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them OC, Position
- Tom Kaufman · Syracuse 2016 · him Analyst, GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Matt Johnson · Syracuse 2017 · him Analyst, GA, them Analyst
- Steve Stanard · Syracuse 2017 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Dave Steckel · Missouri State 2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- Trent Figg · Missouri State 2018 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jim Gush · McNeese 2019 · him Position, them DC
- Matt Mattox · McNeese 2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Sterlin Gilbert · McNeese 2019 · him Position, them Head coach
- Alex Golesh* · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Anthony Tucker · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Joey Halzle · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them Position
- Josh Heupel*+ · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Randy Shannon · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Willie Martinez · UCF 2020 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Sterlin Gilbert · Syracuse 2021 · him Position, them OC
- Tony White · Syracuse 2021 · him Position, them DC
- Akeem Davis · Austin Peay 2022 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Chris Kappas · Austin Peay 2022 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Ryan Stanchek · Austin Peay 2022 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Scotty Walden* · Austin Peay 2022-2023 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Chris Jones · Austin Peay 2023 · him OC, Position, them DC
- J. J. Clark · Austin Peay 2023 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Jared Kaster · Austin Peay 2023 · him OC, Position, them OC
- Eric Schmidt · San Diego State 2024 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Johnson · San Diego State 2024-2025 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Rob Aurich · San Diego State 2024-2025 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Ryan Lindley · San Diego State 2024-2025 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Sean Lewis* · San Diego State 2024-2025 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Zac Barton · San Diego State 2024-2025 · him Other, Position, them Other
- Joe Pappalardo · UTEP 2026 · him OC, Position, them OC
- Kelvin Sigler · UTEP 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Kyle Beyer · UTEP 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Ryan Stanchek · UTEP 2026 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Scotty Walden* · UTEP 2026 · him OC, Position, them Head coach