Sammy Samuels

Sammy, who won multiple national championships as both a player and a coach at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024 as both a player and a coach. Sammy is going onto his third season at Lincoln University NCAA DII.

Samuels served as the head coach at the University of Maine at Fort Kent from 2018 to 2023, leading the Bengals to the 2022 United States Collegiate Athletics Association National Championship. Samuels also led UMFK to national runner-up performances in 2019 and 2021, as well as to the national semifinals in 2018. Samuels directed the Bengals to a 53-12-8 record and coached 13 All-American first-team selections, 28 All-Academic honorees, and 14 players chosen for the national all-tournament team.

Before being elevated to the position of head coach, Samuels joined UMFK as an assistant coach in 2014 and helped the program win USCAA national championships in both 2015 and 2016. During his other two seasons on the coaching staff in 2014 and 2017, the Bengals finished as the national runners-up. As an assistant coach, Samuels helped lead the Bengals to a pair of undefeated seasons and 85 total victories.

Samuels played collegiately at the University of Maine at Fort Kent and was enshrined in the school's hall of fame in 2016 (2008 Team). Samuels was a four-time All-Academic performer for the Bengals and led UMFK to a national championship in 2010.