K.D. Humphries enters his sixth season on the Samford football coaching staff. He serves as the team’s running backs’ coach.
During the 2023 season, running back Jay Stanton became the fi rst Samford running back in the Chris Hatcher era to lead the SoCon in rushing with 955 yards on the ground. Stanton also broke the school record for career rushing touchdowns during the season.
During the summer of 2024, Humphries earned the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, working with the Houston Texans.
In 2022, Humphries oversaw a much-improved running game that helped the Bulldogs post the best season for the program in over 30 years, finishing with a record of 11-2 overall and 8-0 in Southern Conference play. The team won the program’s fi rst outright SoCon title and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-FCS Playoffs for the first time since 1991. Samford’s top two running backs in 2022, Jay Stanton and Jaylan Thomas, finished fifth and seventh in the SoCon in rushing, respectively.
Humphries spent the last two seasons as an assistant with the quarterbacks. During the fall 2021 season, quarterback Liam Welch was named first team All-SoCon after ranking fifth in the nation in total offense per game.
In the 2021 spring season, Humphries worked with Welch as he led the Southern Conference and ranked second in the nation in total offense, and fourth nationally in both passing yards per game and pass efficiency. Welch was named first team All-SoCon, the SoCon Offensive Player of the Year, second team All-American and the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Small College Athlete of the Year.
Prior to coming to Samford, Humphries spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as the running backs coach at Murray State. He assisted the offensive coordinator with position work, compiled weekly scouting reports, analyzed opposing players, charted offensive plays and formations and assisted with game adjustments.
Humphries played collegiately at Murray State, playing under both current Samford head coach Chris Hatcher and offensive coordinator Mitch Stewart. He is the all-time passing leader in MSU history. While playing for the Racers, he served as a coach at the Future Racers Camp from 2013 to 2016.
Humphries graduated from Murray State in December of 2016 with a degree in advertising and a minor in physical education.
