Samples joined the Moccasins swimming staff in August 2022 after a two-year stint as the assistant swimming coach for Catawba College. During her time with the Indians, Samples assisted in coaching several B Final times on both the men's and women's sides as they competed in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.  

In her first season with the Moccasins, Samples helped coach the men's and women's swim teams to a total of 32 All-Americans in the 2023 NCAA Championships as the men's team finished 11th overall and the women's team 32nd. Between Matteo Zampese and Kyle Micallef, Samples assisted with five individual SSC titles in the conference tournament and several school and conference records broken throughout the year. 

During the 2023-24 season, FSC had its 28th individual national championship winner as Micallef won the 50 freestyle for the first time in program history as an NCAA National Champion. Samples also coached the first SSC champion for the women's program in the last three years with Alizee Pelletier winning the 200 breaststroke during the 2024 conference championships. The success continued into the 2024-25 season with Brandon Wilson retaining his 100 backstroke SSC title and several broken records during the conference and national championships. 
 
She came to Catawba from Northern State University, where she served as a graduate assistant coach and obtained her graduate degree in sports performance. Prior to Northern State, Samples earned a bachelor's degree in sports management and recreation at Henderson State University in 2018. Samples was an accomplished swimmer at Henderson, an NCAA Division II program, where she competed all four years and represented the RedWave at the NCAA Championships in her junior year. Samples' primary events were the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 backstroke.
 
In addition to college coaching, Samples has spent summers as a counselor at Stanford University, Princeton University, and the University of Texas swim camps, helping younger athletes improve their technique while working closely with the coaching staff. She is also a former summer coach at Town North YMCA in Dallas, Texas.