Samantha has recently graduated after attending Edinburgh college and Edinburgh Napier University where she studied Sports Coaching and Development. Samantha has been a coach for 6 year which includes 2 summers of coaching in the states. Within her 6 years of coaching 3 years of this was spent volunteering with the Community Foundation while she completed her studies. Samantha has an extensive amount of knowledge in coaching both children and adults. In June 2023 Samantha received Young Volunteer of The Year for the work she puts into providing a platform for everyone to be able to participant in football. Samantha was appointed as Football Development Officer in August 2023.