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
Athletics Headlines
- Hurff Joins Field Hockey StaffThe Stanford field hockey program has started to build out its staff under head coach Roz Ellis, as Laura Hurff has joined the team as an assistant coach.
- From the Desk of Bernard Muir53 Olympians in Tokyo have Cardinal ties, more than Stanford has sent to any other Games. There are more Team USA Olympians from Stanford than any other university, and, remarkably, 22 of the 34 Cardinal sports programs that compete in the Olympics have at least one athlete represented in these games.
- Spring Academic Honor RollThree hundred and thirty-five Stanford student-athletes were named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the conference.
- Lemos Awarded Postgraduate ScholarshipFifth-year senior Jacie Lemos has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements on The Farm.
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics CentralStanford will once again be well represented on the world's biggest stage, with a school-record 53 athletes scheduled to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
