Bill Snyder
Sport	College football
Born	October 7, 1939
Place of birth	Saint Joseph, Missouri
Career Highlights
Overall	136-68-1
Coaching Stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
Big 12 Conference Champion (2003)
Awards
College football COY (1998) Big Eight Conference COY (1990, 1991, 1993) Big 12 Conference COY (1998, 2002)
School as a player
1959-1962	William Jewell College
Position	Defensive Back
Coaching positions
1989-2005	Kansas State University

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Coaching career

Snyder had his first collegiate coaching experience in 1966, serving as a graduate assistant coach for the USC Trojans. He then worked as a California high school coach for several years. From 1976 to 1978, Snyder was an assistant coach at North Texas State under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry. Snyder and Fry moved together to the University of Iowa in 1979, with Snyder serving as Fry's offensive coordinator for the next ten years. Snyder was hired as head coach of the Kansas State University Wildcats following the 1988 season. // USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The University of North Texas (informally UNT or North Texas) is a public university located in Denton, Texas. ... John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was an NCAA Division I-A college football coach from 1962-1998 at SMU, North Texas, and the University of Iowa. ... The University of Iowa -- or Iowa for short -- is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the National Championship. ...

Kansas State University

When Snyder arrived at K-State, he took over a program that had lost 510 games and won only 299 games in 93 years of play. The program had been to only one bowl game (the 1982 Independence Bowl), won only one Big Six Conference title (in 1934), and had enjoyed only two winning seasons in the last 34 years. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The PetroSun Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976. ... The Big Six Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated major college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1928 when six members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association departed that conference to establish the Big Six. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 17 years, Snyder led Kansas State to eleven consecutive bowl games (1993-2003), including six wins. Snyder's legacy at K-State also includes winning the Big 12 championship in 2003 and sharing four Big 12 North titles since conference play began in 1996. During the 1998 season, Kansas State posted an undefeated 11-0 regular season and earned its first ever number 1 ranking in the national polls. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... The 2003 Division IA football ended with the BCS in a heap of controversy. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The 1998 Division IA football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which crowned Tennessee its national champion, the schools first since the 1950s and one year after mega star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL. The BCS combined elements of the old Bowl Coalition and...

Following the successful 1998 campaign, Snyder's mentor Hayden Fry retired from the University of Iowa. Many considered Snyder the frontrunner to return to Iowa and take over the prestigious Big Ten program. Instead, Snyder chose to remain at Kansas State. The 1998 Division IA football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which crowned Tennessee its national champion, the schools first since the 1950s and one year after mega star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL. The BCS combined elements of the old Bowl Coalition and... The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest Division I college athletic conference. ...

Snyder retired at Kansas State on November 15, 2005, capping the end of one of the greatest turnarounds in college football history. The day after Snyder announced his retirement, K-State renamed its football stadium Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in his honor. Ron Prince, formerly an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Virginia, was named Bill Snyder's replacement on December 5, 2005. The 2005 Division IA football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the BCS title game in many years. ... Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. ... Ron Prince is the head football coach at Kansas State University. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...

During Snyder's 17-year tenure, a number of his assistants became head coaches at other Division I-Bowl Subdivision schools. Some of these coaches include Jim Leavitt (University of South Florida), Mark Mangino (University of Kansas), Bob Stoops (University of Oklahoma), and Mike Stoops (University of Arizona). Jim Leavitt (b. ... The University of South Florida (USF) is a public university system located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. ... Mark Mangino (born August 26, 1956) is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks college football team. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Robert A. Bob Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team. ... University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma founded in 1890. ... Michael J. Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. ... The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ...

Awards

In 1998 Snyder was recognized as the National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press and the Walter Camp Football Foundation, and was awarded the Bear Bryant Award and the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award. Of lesser note, ESPN selected Snyder as its national coach of the year in 1991 and CNN selected him as its national coach of the year in 1995. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The The Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also selects the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year. ... The Paul Bear Bryant Award has been given out annually since 1957 to NCAA college footballs coach of the year. ... The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award is an annual College Football award given to the head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom and in the community. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... The 1995 Division IA football was the first year of the Bowl Alliance and was a relatively calm year as compared to the early 1990s. ...

Coach Snyder was also selected Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press three times (1990, 1991 and 1993), joining Bob Devaney as the only two men in Big Eight history to be named Coach of the Year three times in a four-year period. Snyder was named Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year twice, in 1998 (Associated Press, coaches) and 2002 (coaches). In 2003, Snyder was named to the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Robert S. Bob Devaney (13 April 1915 – 9 May 1997) was an American football coach, most notably for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... AFCA logo The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. ...

In 2006, Snyder was enshrined in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Walter Johnson The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in Wichita, Kansas that honors greatness in athletics in the state of Kansas. ... The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, Missouri, showcases sports memorabilia of Missouri athletes and interactive displays. ...

Coaching record

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Player accomplishments

In the Snyder era, Kansas State players won the following national awards:

• Lou Groza Award (Outstanding kicker) - Martín Gramática, 1997
• Davey O'Brien Award (Nation's top quarterback) - Michael Bishop, 1998
• Jim Thorpe Award (Outstanding defensive back) - Terence Newman, 2002

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Personal life

Snyder is a 1962 graduate of William Jewell College, where he played defensive back (3 letters) from 1959 to 1962. Snyder also received an M.A. at Eastern New Mexico University in 1965. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,274 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Eastern New Mexico University, (abbreviated ENMU), frequently called Eastern, is a state university in Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. It is the most recently-founded state university in New Mexico (legislated in 1927, opened in 1934). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

In addition to his work as the football coach, Snyder was active in raising funds for the library at Kansas State University. Snyder also currently serves as chairman of the Leadership Studies Building Campaign, honorary chairman of the K-State Changing Lives Campaign, and is past president of the Friends of the Libraries organization at K-State.

Snyder and his wife Sharon have five children. They live in Manhattan, Kansas. Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ...

External links

• Image of Bill Snyder