ASU Football: Ra'Shaad Samples leaving for Oregon as assistant coach

Cheryl Evans/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK TEMPE - Ra'Shaad Samples will take over as the Oregon running backs coach and assistant head coach under head coach Dan Lanning. Samples served as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Arizona State. And like a game of chess, the Arizona State and Oregon are trading pieces once again. Samples will jump to the Kenny Dillingham's former team in the Pacific Northwest after one season in Tempe. Samples is regarded as one of the most highly-touted young coaches in https://www.kansasstateoutfit.com  the nation, most notably for his recruiting, and aided in the Texas to Tempe pipeline. Samples played football for Skyline High School in Dallas before having to medically retire. The 29-year-old's coaching career began at Houston from 2016-17 before eventually spending a year at the University of Texas as an assistant wide receivers coach. He was the youngest position coach in NFL history when he was the Los Angeles Rams running back coach in 2022 at the age of 27. He's also served as an offensive assistant and running backs coach at SMU before joining the Sun Devils. ASU has yet to fill Samples' seat, but a couple high profile names have been rumored to have visited Tempe in relation to the opening. It is likely the connection between Dillingham and Lanning played a role in Sample's move to Eugene. Now having gone through the thick of the portal frenzy, Dillingham is eyeing someone who can easily earn the respect of the locker room and brings experience to his pass-catchers. A guy with experience," Dillingham said. A guy who can develop.