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Revision as of 19:04, 29 October 2005 by WikiDon (talk | contribs) (Fix re-direct / Big 12)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bill Snyder (October 7, 1939) is the head football coach for Kansas State University.
A native of Saint Joseph, Missouri, Snyder is a 1963 graduate of William Jewell College where he played defensive back (3 letters) from 1959 to 1962. Snyder went on to earn his M.A. at Eastern New Mexico University in 1965. From 1974 to 1975 he was offensive coordinator at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. After ten years as an offensive coach for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, he became head coach of the Kansas State University Wildcats in 1989, where he has remained through the present 2005 season. In 17 years at K-State, Snyder has become the all-time winningest Kansas State football coach. He also led Kansas State to eleven consecutive bowl games (1993-2003), including six wins.
In 1998, after a season during which Kansas State earned its first ever Number 1 ranking in the national polls, 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 Foundation Award.
Coach Snyder was 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 also 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).
In addition to his work as the football coach, Snyder has been active in raising funds for the library at Kansas State University.
Snyder and his wife Sharon have four children.
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