Sam Carter joined to the LA Tech coaching staff in January 2025 as the safeties coach. 

Carter joins the Bulldog coaching staff after serving as the cornerbacks coach at Purdue in 2023 and 2024. Carter arrived in West Lafayette after gaining experience throughout the SEC in stops at Missouri, Arkansas and Ole Miss.

In his lone season with Ole Miss in 2022, Carter mentored cornerback Deantre Prince, who led the team with 11 pass breakups to go along with one interception.
 
In his two years in Fayetteville, Arkansas' secondary displayed its dominance as a talented ball-hawking group. The Razorbacks registered 26 total interceptions since 2020, the second most in the SEC that season. Carter helped lead Arkansas to a record of 9-4 in 2021, the program's best mark since 2011.
 
Carter joined the Razorbacks from Missouri, where he served as a defensive quality control and analyst for Barry Odom alongside Purdue head coach Ryan Walters. Carter helped the Tigers' defense rank as one of the best in the nation, particularly in the secondary, in 2019. Missouri's pass defense ranked sixth in the FBS and second in the Southeastern Conference, allowing only 179.3 yards per game.
 
Carter was a standout, All-Big 12 safety at TCU prior to starting his coaching career. The New Orleans native played in 49 games for the Horned Frogs from 2011-14, starting 39 including all 38 over his final three years. As a senior, he was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, a Senior CLASS Award finalist and a Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American.