Jarred Sampson
| Title | Head Coach |
|---|---|
| Phone | 651-641-8784 |
| sampson@csp.edu |
Jarred Sampson is now in his third year as the head coach of the Golden Bears track & field program. During his tenure, the track & field teams have had nine NCAA provisional qualifiers, 14 NSIC conference champions, and have broken 33 school records during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Sampson works primarily with the sprint, jump, and multi-event athletes.
The Golden Bears track & field teams have also been honored with the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards on the women’s side during the last two years and men’s side this past year. There have been two USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Athletes and one ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team Athlete in Sampson’s two years at Concordia.
Prior to Concordia, Sampson was the boys’ and girls’ head cross country and co-head track & field coach at Como Park High School for two years. While at Como Park, he received the Saint Paul City Conference Coach of the Year Award for both cross country and track & field. He also taught women’s strength training community education classes at Como Park.
Sampson coached at Concordia as an assistant track & field coach for a year prior to Como Park High School. He worked with the sprint, hurdle, jump, pole vault, and multi-event athletes. Before working at Concordia and Como Park, Sampson was an assistant track & field and volunteer cross county coach at Orono High School and an assistant cross country coach at Edina High School.
Sampson graduated from Hamline University in 2000 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Elementary Education. While at Hamline, he competed in cross country and track & field, specializing in the long sprints and relays. Sampson attended Kasson-Mantorville High School in southeastern Minnesota. He is a certified USA Track & Field Level I and II (jumps) coach and is very active in coaching education and clinics.
He lives in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul with his wife, Brianne.
