He was head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2014 to 2016.

Samuels was a basketball player in high school, but was lured to the football field after seeing most of his childhood friends join the Shaw team.

In 2001, Samuels left the Storm and played the season with the New Jersey Gladiators, catching 65 passes (a career high at the time) for 742 yards, just short of his 844-yard career high receiving season he recorded the year before with Tampa Bay.

In 2007, after 5 losses to begin the season, Samuels was again named to the AFL's All-Ironman Team after leading the Storm to a #3 seed in the playoffs.

[5] Ewart was fired in early August 2013, and on September 5, 2013, Samuels was promoted to head coach of the Storm.