Samantha Lambert begins her 10th year as Rhodes' head women's volleyball coach in 2008. Lambert arrived at Rhodes in the spring of 1999 and since that time has 188 coaching victories to her credit. Lambert's teams have averaged at least twenty wins in each of her previous nine seasons at Rhodes. This fall Lambert looks to eclipse the 200 victory mark.

The Lynx had another successful campaign in 2007 with a 20-16 overall record. The team also received their third straight AVCA team academic award for the 2007-2008.

The 2006 volleyball season was one for the record books. The Lynx finished the year with a 29-12 overall record and appeared in their first ever NCAA tournament. The Lynx were a regional finalist and finished the year ranked 16th in the nation. Lambert was chosen by her peers as the SCAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006.

Lambert has also been actively involved in coaching Memphis area youth volleyball since her arrival to Memphis. She is currently the director for the Memphis Juniors Volleyball Association (MJVA), and helped coach two of the club's teams (13s and 18s) to berths in the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships in 2001. In 2006, Lambert's own 18 Elite team qualified for the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships to be held in Atlanta, GA. Further, she also serves on the board of directors for the Delta Region of USA Volleyball.

Lambert (formerly Wolinski) came to Rhodes after spending a year as an assistant coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. A native of Lancaster, New York, Lambert attended Earlham College, where she received her BA in Economics and Management. She was a 3-sport athlete at Earlham, lettering in basketball, softball, and volleyball.
After graduation from Earlham in 1996, she returned home to Buffalo, New York and worked for an Americorps program called Athletes in Service to America. While back home in Buffalo, she was the varsity volleyball coach at Holy Angels Academy for 2 years, and an assistant varsity basketball coach at Seneca Vocational High School for 2 years. In May of 1999, Lambert received her Masters Degree in Sport Administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.