Mark Samson (American football)

Mark Samson
Biographical details
Born	c. 1958 or 1959 (age 65–66); Helena, Montana, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1982–1983	Helena HS (MT) (assistant)
1984–1986	Broadwater HS (MT) (DC)
1987–1989	Missoula Loyola HS (MT)
1990–1991	Carroll (MT) (ST/WR)
1992–1996	Carroll (MT) (OC/QB)
1997–2003	Capital HS (MT)
2004–2013	Montana State–Northern
2015	Havre HS (MT)
2016–2021	Great Falls HS (MT)
Track
1988–1989	Missoula Loyola HS (MT)
Head coaching record
Overall	45–60 (college football); 104–69 (high school football)
Tournaments	0–1 (NAIA playoffs)

Mark Sampson (born c. 1958 or 1959) is an American former college and high school football coach. He was the head football coach for Missoula Loyola High School from 1987 to 1989, Capital High School from 1997 to 2003,^[1] Montana State University–Northern from 2004 to 2013,^[2] Havre High School in 2015,^[3]^[4] and Great Falls High School from 2016 to his retirement in 2021.^[5]^[6]^[7] He also was an assistant coach for Helena High School, Broadwater High School, and Carroll (MT).^[8]

Personal life[edit]

Samson's son, Kyle, is the head football coach for Montana Technological University.^[9]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA Coaches'^#
Montana State–Northern Lights (Frontier Conference) (2004–2013)
2004	Montana State–Northern	1–10	1–7	T–4th
2005	Montana State–Northern	5–5	3–5	3rd
2006	Montana State–Northern	9–3	8–2	2nd	L NAIA First Round	11
2007	Montana State–Northern	6–5	5–5	T–3rd
2008	Montana State–Northern	7–3	7–3	2nd		21
2009	Montana State–Northern	2–9	1–9	T–5th
2010	Montana State–Northern	3–7	3–7	5th
2011	Montana State–Northern	5–5	5–5	3rd
2012	Montana State–Northern	3–7	3–7	7th
2013	Montana State–Northern	4–6	4–6	T–5th
Montana State–Northern:		45–60	40–56
Total:		45–60


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Missoula Loyola Rams () (1987–1989)
1987	Missoula Loyola	1–7
1988	Missoula Loyola	5–3
1989	Missoula Loyola	6–2
Missoula Loyola:		12–12
Capital Bruins () (1997–2003)
Capital:		67–12
Havre Blue Ponies () (2015)
2015	Havre	6–3	4–0	1st
Havre:		6–3	4–0
Great Falls Red Devils () (2016–2021)
2016	Great Falls	0–11	0–4	5th
2017	Great Falls	0–9	0–4	5th
2018	Great Falls	4–7	0–3	4th
2019	Great Falls	5–5	1–2	3rd
2020	Great Falls	3–6	1–3	4th
2021	Great Falls	7–4	1–3	4th
Great Falls:		19–42	3–19
Total:		104–69
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ Davidson, Eric (December 25, 2003). "Capital grid coach takes job at MSU-N". Independent Record. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Mansch, Scott (August 13, 2014). "Montana State-Northern football coach Mark Samson resigns". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Peterson, Chris (February 21, 2016). "Mark Samson leaving for Great Falls High". Havre Daily News. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ "Mark Samson Named Havre Head Football Coach". NonStop Local. February 16, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Vernoy, Lee (January 7, 2022). "Great Falls High football coach to hang up his whistle; 'felt this was the right time'". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Schreck, Steve (February 18, 2016). "Mark Samson named head football coach at Great Falls High". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Wylie, Tom (June 14, 2022). "Mark Samson closing a chapter with 75th Shrine Game". Montana Sports. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ Ferguson, George (August 15, 2013). "Frontier Preview: Longevity abounds with Frontier coaches". Havre Daily News. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^ "Kyle Samson (2021) - Hall of Fame". Montana State University Northern Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

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