Lawrence Samuels

Lawrence Samuels

Samuels with Adrian McPherson during a 2013 game.
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1970-05-01) May 1, 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth:	Mobile, Alabama
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mobile (AL) Shaw
College:	Livingston (AL)
Career history
As player:
Tampa Bay Storm (1994–2000) New Jersey Gladiators (2001) Tampa Bay Storm (2002–2010)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
West Alabama (WR) (1993–1994) West Alabama (WR) (1998–2000) Central H.S. (WR/OL) (2002–2003) Sickles H.S. (WR/DB) (2004–2005) Wharton H.S. (WR) (2005–2006) Team USA (WR) (2009) East Lake H.S. (WR/DB) (2009–2010) Central State (WR) (2011) Tampa Bay Storm (WR) (2012) Tampa Bay Storm (OC) (2013) Tampa Bay Storm (HC) (2014–2016)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Iron Man Team (2000, 2003, 2007 & 2008) 5× Second Team All-Arena (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) AFL Hall of Fame inductee (2013) 3x Arena Bowl champion (1995, 1996, 2003)
Career Arena statistics
Receptions: 1,035 Yards: 11,820 TDs: 169 Tackles: 360 Interceptions: 32
Head coaching record
Regular season:	17–35 (.327)
Postseason:	0–0 (.000)
Career:	17–36 (.321)
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Lawrence 'Law Dogg' Samuels (born May 1, 1970) is a arena football coach and former wide receiver/linebacker. He played his college football at the Livingston University, and was an AFL wide receiver/linebacker from 1994 to 2010. He received both his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology and Master's of Science degree in Education from The University of West Alabama. He was head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2014 to 2016.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Samuels attended Shaw High School in Mobile. Samuels was a basketball player in high school, but was lured to the football field after seeing most of his childhood friends join the Shaw team.

Samuels made his AFL debut in 1994 with the Tampa Bay Storm racking up 247 receptions through the 2000 season for over 3100 yards (3120 yards) in his first tenure with the Storm.

In 2001, Samuels left the Storm and played the season with the New Jersey Gladiators, catching 65 passes (a career high at the time) for 742 yards, just short of his 844-yard career high receiving season he recorded the year before with Tampa Bay.

After a single season in New Jersey, Samuels returned to Tampa, where he finished his playing career. From 2003-2007, Samuels notched 1,000+ yards receiving in 4 of 5 seasons, including back-to-back-to-back 1,100 yard+ seasons in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Was named MVP and Ironman of ArenaBowl XVII.