Marlon Anthony Samuel (born November 14, 1955) is an American college football coach and former player.
He served as head football coach at New Mexico State University (NMSU) from 1997 to 2004 and Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) from 2005 to 2013, compiling a career college football record of 65 wins and 117 losses.
Samuel had a 34–57 record at New Mexico State, which puts him at third all-time for wins in program history.
Samuel played four years at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was a member of Tom Osborne's first recruiting class.
He mentored six first-team All-Americans and 12 future National Football League players, including first-round draft picks Broderick Thomas (1989), Mike Croel (1991), Trev Alberts (1994) and Grant Wistrom (1998).