Samson arrived to Illinois in August 2022 from Sterling College where he served as the recruiting coordinator as a graduate assistant. Samson was on the Fighting Illini women's basketball staff as a graduate assistant from 2022-24.

During Samson's two seasons as a graduate assistant at Illinois, the Illini appeared in the 2023 NCAA Tournament and won the 2024 WBIT championship. The Orange and Blue went 41-25 across the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns.

A graduate of Wake Technical Community College and Urbana University, Samson hails from Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family now residing in Orlando, Florida. He competed on the Wake Tech CC squad from 2016-18 and went on to play at Urbana from 2018-20 before joining K.C. Bassett's nationally-ranked women's basketball squad at Sterling College for the 2021-22 campaign.

Samson contributed to the Lady Warriors' success in numerous ways, with involvement in recruiting, player development, scouting reports, film breakdown and practice plans. During the 2021-22 season, Sterling College owned a 32-3 record and earned a bid to the NAIA National Tournament after securing conference regular season and tournament championships. Sterling College ranked as high as the top-10 in the polls as well as top-10 in six offensive statistical categories with Samson on staff in 2021-22.

Last updated May 2024