Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder went 215–117–1 as a head coach, 1989–2018, at Kansas State. Share
- Record
- 215–117–1 career
- Seasons
- 27
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 6 seasons
- Born
- Oct 7, 1939
- Hall of Fame
- 2015 inducted
- Best season
- 1999 11–1, No. 6
Season by season
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Chris CantyConsensus All‑American, 1995 and 1996- Martín GramáticaConsensus All‑American, 1997
- David AllenConsensus All‑American, 1998
- Sean SnyderConsensus All‑American, 1992
- Jeff KellyConsensus All‑American, 1998
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 85 | 23–61–1 | 28% |
| Against top-10 teams | 43 | 5–38 | 12% |
| Against rivals | 136 | 79–56–1 | 58% |
| Conference games | 217 | 126–90–1 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 21 | 9–12 | 43% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 109 | 60–48–1 | 56% |
| At home | 179 | 140–38–1 | 78% |
| On the road | 128 | 61–67 | 48% |
| At neutral sites | 26 | 14–12 | 54% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 225 | 189–36 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 108 | 26–81–1 | 25% |
His own 333 games on file, 1989–2018, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stoops 2000–2016 | 3–10 | Oklahoma | 13 | |
| Dan McCarney 1995–2012 | 10–2 | Iowa State, North Texas | 12 | |
| Mike Gundy 2010–2018 | 4–5 | Oklahoma State | 9 | |
| Tom Osborne 1989–1997 | 0–9 | Nebraska | 9 | |
| Gary Pinkel 2001–2011 | 6–2 | Missouri | 8 | |
| Glen Mason 1989–1996 | 5–3 | Kansas | 8 | |
| Mack Brown 1998–2013 | 5–3 | Texas | 8 | |
| Larry Smith 1994–2000 | 7–0 | Missouri | 7 | |
| Paul Rhoads 2009–2015 | 7–0 | Iowa State | 7 | |
| Rick Neuheisel 1995–2010 | 4–3 | Colorado, Washington, UCLA | 7 |
Bill Snyder’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kansasseries | 27 | 23–4 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 27 | 22–5 |
| Oklahomaseries | 24 | 8–16 |
| Missouriseries | 20 | 15–5 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 20 | 13–7 |
| Coloradoseries | 19 | 6–12–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 19 | 5–14 |
| Texas Techseries | 15 | 10–5 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2012 Kansas State: Bobby Dodd Award
- 1998 Kansas State: Bear Bryant Award, Bobby Dodd Award and Walter Camp Coach
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Gallatin HS (MO) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1964–65 | Indio HS (CA) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1966 | USC | Graduate assistant | |
| 1967–68 | Indio HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1969–73 | Santa Ana Foothill HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1974–75 | Austin | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1976–78 | North Texas | Assistant coach | |
| 1979–88 | Iowa | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1989–2005 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 2009–18 | Kansas State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John McKayUSC
- Hayden FryNorth Texas, Iowa
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob CopePacific
- Bob StoopsOklahoma, Dallas Renegades, Arlington Renegades
- Carl PeliniFlorida Atlantic, Bowling Green
- Dana DimelWyoming, Houston, UTEP
- Del MillerMissouri State
- Kevin RamseyClark Atlanta
- Manny MatsakisEmporia State, Texas State, Bethany (KS), Defiance College
- Nick QuartaroDrake, Fordham
- Jim LeavittSouth Florida
- John HendrickBenedict, Jackson State
- Mark ManginoKansas
- Tim BeckCoastal Carolina
- and 10 more
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McKay | USC | 1966 | Graduate assistant | |
| Hayden Fry | North Texas | 1976–78 | Assistant coach | |
| Hayden Fry | Iowa | 1979–88 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (22)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cope | Kansas State, 1989–90, 1996: defensive coordinator | Pacific | |
| Bob Stoops | Kansas State, 1989–90: defensive backs coach; 1991–95: co-defensive coordinator | Oklahoma, Dallas Renegades, Arlington Renegades | |
| Carl Pelini | Kansas State, 1989–90: graduate assistant; 1991: receivers coach | Florida Atlantic, Bowling Green | |
| Dana Dimel | Kansas State, 1989–92: offensive line coach; 1993–94: running game coordinator and offensive line coach; 1995–96: offensive coordinator; 2005: graduate assistant; 2009–17: offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | Wyoming, Houston, UTEP | |
| Del Miller | Kansas State, 1989–90: offensive coordinator; 1991–94: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator; 2001–02: assistant coach; 2002–03: defensive ends coach; 2003–05: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2009–16: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Missouri State | |
| Kevin Ramsey | Kansas State, 1989: outside linebackers coach | Clark Atlanta | |
| Manny Matsakis | Kansas State, 1989–90: assistant coach; 1994: tight ends and special teams coach | Emporia State, Texas State, Bethany (KS), Defiance College | |
| Nick Quartaro | Kansas State, 1989–93: assistant coach | Drake, Fordham | |
| Jim Leavitt | Kansas State, 1990–91: linebackers coach; 1992–95: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | South Florida | |
| John Hendrick | Kansas State, 1991–92: defensive line coach | Benedict, Jackson State | |
| Mark Mangino | Kansas State, 1991–98: running game coordinator | Kansas | |
| Tim Beck | Kansas State, 1991–92: graduate assistant | Coastal Carolina | |
| Mike Stoops | Kansas State, 1992–95: defensive ends coach; 1996: co-defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach; 1997: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach; 1998: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Arizona | |
| Brent Venables | Kansas State, 1993–95: graduate assistant; 1996–98: linebackers coach | Oklahoma | |
| Jim Gush | Kansas State, 1999–2001: linebackers coach | Garden City, Navarro | |
| Phil Bennett | Kansas State, 1999–2001: defensive coordinator | SMU, Pittsburgh, North Texas | |
| Bret Bielema | Kansas State, 2002–03: co-defensive coordinator | Wisconsin, Arkansas, Illinois | |
| Ricky Rahne | Kansas State, 2009–10: tight ends coach | Old Dominion | |
| Vic Koenning | Kansas State, 2009: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Wyoming, Illinois | |
| Keith Burns | Kansas State, 2010: defensive backs coach | Tulsa | |
| Tom Hayes | Kansas State, 2011–17: defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator | Kansas | |
| Collin Klein | Kansas State, 2014–15: defensive quality control coach and graduate assistant; 2017: quarterbacks coach; 2018: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kansas State |
Other assistants under him (10)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Hudson | Kansas State, 1995–96: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 1997–2002: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bob Elliott | Kansas State, 2002–03: co-defensive coordinator; 2004–05: defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Peterson | Kansas State, 2003–04: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Kerry Cooks | Kansas State, 2003: graduate assistant | |
| Chris Cosh | Kansas State, 2004–05: linebackers coach; 2009: assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator; 2010–11: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Jonathan Beasley | Kansas State, 2009–11: OGA | |
| Mike Cox | Kansas State, 2012–16: linebackers coach | |
| Andre Coleman | Kansas State, 2018: offensive coordinator | |
| Blake Seiler | Kansas State, 2018: defensive coordinator | |
| Brian Norwood | Kansas State, 2018: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $580,000; $50,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $2,000,000 | $3,205,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $580,000; $50,000 in bonuses paid | $3,106,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $580,000; $150,000 in bonuses paid | $3,000,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $580,000 | $2,900,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $580,000 | $2,803,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $455,000 | $2,200,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $455,000 | $1,925,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $455,000 | $1,875,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $455,000 | $1,850,000 USA Today via Leeds |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Snyder’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 41% of plays and took 27.7 seconds a play, 2004–2018.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 10 g | 17 of 78 22% | 37% | 40% | 24.6 | −0.07 | |
| 2005 6 g | 4 of 56 7% | 14% | 46% | 26.7 | −0.17 | |
| 2009 12 g | 25 of 99 25% | 47% | 40% | 25.9 | −0.07 | |
| 2010 13 g | 20 of 91 22% | 39% | 38% | 26.8 | +0.05 | |
| 2011 13 g | 11 of 101 11% | 25% | 37% | 29.1 | −0.03 | |
| 2012 13 g | 8 of 74 11% | 20% | 39% | 29.2 | +0.11 | |
| 2013 13 g | 7 of 72 10% | 21% | 39% | 28.0 | +0.09 | |
| 2014 13 g | 16 of 90 18% | 31% | 50% | 27.6 | +0.13 | |
| 2015 13 g | 15 of 105 14% | 19% | 44% | 28.0 | +0.03 | |
| 2016 13 g | 16 of 88 18% | 36% | 39% | 28.2 | +0.12 | |
| 2017 13 g | 10 of 95 11% | 32% | 37% | 29.6 | +0.05 | |
| 2018 12 g | 20 of 95 21% | 35% | 41% | 27.9 | 0.00 | |
| All 144 g | 169 of 1044 16% | 30% | 41% | 27.7 | +0.03 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.