Lanear Sampson - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Lanear Sampson

Title:
Analyst (Offense)
Phone:
4817

Lanear Sampson returns to Syracuse for the 2021 season in what will be his second stint on Babers’ Orange staff. He’ll serve as an offensive analyst for the program.

Sampson was most recently an offensive quality control coach at UCF, following a one-year stint as the wide receivers coach at McNeese State under Sterlin Gilbert and one year at Missouri State as the wide receivers coach.

Sampson spent two years on Syracuse’s staff (2016-17) as a graduate assistant and quality control coach. An expert in the passing game, Sampson’s two years on staff coincided with two of the Orange’s four-most productive passing seasons ever in terms of total yards.

Sampson was a four-year starter at wide receiver for Baylor from 2009-12, helping the Bears reach three consecutive bowl games for the first time in school history. He finished his career fifth on Baylor’s all-time receptions list (165) and 10th in career receiving yardage (1,905). Following his college career, Sampson spent time in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2015, he signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League.

A two-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, Sampson graduated from Baylor in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. He earned his master’s degree in instructional design, development and evaluation from Syracuse University’s School of Education in 2018.