At least one exists, but apparently not according to Apple, Samsung, or NTT Docomo (the provider of the data service to the smartphone). Therefore, my first approach to a solution was to find a USB driver for this tethering. This does not work because there is no suitable USB driver installed on the OS X Yosemite side for the MacBook Pro.
My friend prefers to tether from a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to a MacBook Pro (and other computers) via a USB cable.
