Jane Samuels is in her third year as Associate Director of Athletics, NCAA Compliance Officer and Senior Woman Administrator. She also serves the university as a Deputy Title IX Officer.
Samuels contributes input and leadership into all aspects of athletics administration as well as overseeing the department’s compliance with NCAA regulations and reporting. In her role as Senior Woman Administrator, she provides diverse decision-making and representation for all sports programs at the campus, conference and national levels.
Prior to joining the Linfield staff, Samuels served as the Graduate Programs Academic Advisor at Concordia University of Portland. At CUP, she also spent three years as Academic Advisor and Athletics Liaison and was Academic Advisor and Career Specialist for four years prior to that.
Her professional career includes eight years as Seasonal Swim and Triathlon Coach at Team in Training, a fund-raising branch of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As coach, she oversaw training programs for as many as 125 athletes. She began her career in 2007 at InsideTrack as a Success Coach and Enrollment Coach.
Samuels earned a bachelor of arts degree in social sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. She followed that with a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Marylhurst University.
She is an accomplished athlete, earning All-America honors in swimming at UC Berkeley. At Germantown Academy in Pennsylvania, Samuels helped set a national high school record in the 200-yard medley relay in 1987 and later qualified for the Olympic Trials in 1988. She served Germantown Academy’s swim team co-captain while leading the program to mythical national championships in 1986 and ’87.
Her coaching career spans more than 20 years. In addition to 10 years as a triathlon team coach, Samuels has trained high school, masters and age-group athletes. She is also a certified yoga instructor.
She and her husband, Randal, reside in McMinnville. The couple recently spent the better much of 2017 and 2018 traveling the world, including visits to Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.