John Snyder
Assistant Sports Performance Coach
Sport Responsibilities: Lacrosse, Diving, Men’s Tennis and Women’s Swimming
Home Town: Louisville, KY
Currently Resides: San Mateo, CA
Professional Education:
- University of Kentucky – BS Kinesiology Exercise Physiology
- San Jose State University – MS Kinesiology
Past Experience and Accomplishments
- 2016 – Present – Assistant Sports Performance Coach; Stanford University
- 2015 – 2016 – Graduate Assistant; Stanford University
- 2015 – Intern; Stanford University
- 2014 – Intern; Coastal Carolina
- 2013 – 2014 – Intern; University of Kentucky
Biography:
Coach Snyder is in his second year on The Farm. He works directly with Women’s Lacrosse, Diving, Men’s Tennis and Women’s Swimming. Prior to being promoted to a full-time position, Snyder first worked as a volunteer in the winter of 2015 working directly with Football, Men’s Volleyball, Rowing, Men’s Soccer and assisting with a variety of other sports. In the fall of 2015 Coach Snyder was promoted to a Graduate Assistant directly responsible for Diving, Men’s Tennis, Sailing and Squash.
Prior to working at Stanford, Coach Snyder was a student at the University of Kentucky as well as an intern at Coastal Carolina and worked with a variety of their teams.
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” –Ray Bradbury
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- Thompson Added to StaffCourtney Thompson, a former U.S. national team member and University of Washington standout, has been named assistant coach for the Stanford women's volleyball program.
- Baiocco Nabs Weekly HonorSenior Ali Baiocco scored the game-winner at USC to clinch the Pac-12 regular season title for Stanford, earning her fifth career Offensive Player of the Week honor.
- Defensive HonorKiki Pickett was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, April 19.
- The Farm Report: Apr. 19Your weekly round-up of Stanford Athletics content.
- National Coaches of the YearFor the third consecutive year, Stanford's men's gymnastics coaching staff, led by 19th-year head coach Thom Glielmi, has been named CGA National Coaching Staff of the Year.
