Mark Snyder
Mark Snyder went 22–37 as a head coach, 2005–2009, at Marshall. Share
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- 22–37 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2009 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Marshall | 4–7 | T–5th (East) | |||
| 2006 | Marshall | 5–7 | 3rd (East) | |||
| 2007 | Marshall | 3–9 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2008 | Marshall | 4–8 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2009 | Marshall | 6–6 | 4th (East) | Little Caesars (not coached) |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
| Conference games | 40 | 17–23 | 43% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 10–13 | 43% |
| At home | 29 | 17–12 | 59% |
| On the road | 29 | 4–25 | 14% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 16–11 | 59% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 32 | 6–26 | 19% |
His own 59 games on file, 2005–2009, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy West 2005–2009 | 3–2 | Memphis | 5 | |
| Skip Holtz 2005–2009 | 1–4 | East Carolina | 5 | |
| George O’Leary 2005–2009 | 0–5 | UCF | 5 | |
| Neil Callaway 2007–2009 | 2–1 | UAB | 3 | |
| Mike Price 2005–2009 | 1–2 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Jeff Bower 2005–2007 | 0–3 | Southern Miss | 3 |
Mark 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UABseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Memphisseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| East Carolinaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Southern Missseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| UCFseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| West Virginiaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| SMUseries | 3 | 2–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Ohio State’s 2002 staff (linebackers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Marshall | Student assistant | |
| 1989 | UCF | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990 | UCF | Linebackers coach | |
| 1991–96 | Youngstown State | Outside linebackers, special teams and linebackers coach, defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1996–2000 | Minnesota | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2001–04 | Ohio State | Linebackers coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2005–09 | Marshall | Head coach | |
| 2010–11 | South Florida | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–14 | Texas A&M | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2015–17 | Michigan State | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2018 | Florida State | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2019 | Florida State | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2022 | Houston Gamblers USFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 2023 | Orlando Guardians XFL | Defensive line and linebackers coach | |
| 2026–present | Shawnee State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George ChaumpMarshall
- Gene McDowellUCF
- Jim TresselYoungstown State, Ohio State
- Jim WackerMinnesota
- Glen MasonMinnesota
- Skip HoltzSouth Florida
- Kevin SumlinTexas A&M, Houston Gamblers
- Mark DantonioMichigan State
- Willie TaggartFlorida State
- Odell HagginsFlorida State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jerry AzzinaroWestern New England
- Rick MinterCincinnati, Marshall
Worked under (10)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Chaump | Marshall | 1988 | Student assistant | |
| Gene McDowell | UCF | 1989–90 | 1989: graduate assistant; 1990: linebackers coach | |
| Jim Tressel | Youngstown State | 1991–96 | Outside linebackers, special teams and linebackers coach, defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Jim Wacker | Minnesota | 1996 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Glen Mason | Minnesota | 1997–2000 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 2001–04 | Linebackers coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Skip Holtz | South Florida | 2010–11 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Texas A&M | 2012–14 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Mark Dantonio | Michigan State | 2015–17 | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Willie Taggart | Florida State | 2018–19 | 2018: defensive ends coach; 2019: linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Odell Haggins | Florida State | 2019 | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Houston Gamblers pro | 2022 | Linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Azzinaro | Marshall, 2008: defensive line coach | Western New England | |
| Rick Minter | Marshall, 2008–09: defensive coordinator | Cincinnati, Marshall |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Collins | Marshall, 2005: defensive coordinator | |
| Larry Kueck | Marshall, 2005: offensive coordinator | |
| Steve Dunlap | Marshall, 2007: defensive coordinator | |
| Tommy Restivo | Marshall, 2007: graduate assistant | |
| John Shannon | Marshall, 2008–09: offensive coordinator | |
| Alex Atkins | Marshall, 2009: graduate assistant |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Texas A&M | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $140,000 | $708,000 USA Today |
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.
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 26% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 25.9 seconds a play, 2005–2009.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 11 g | 15 of 92 16% | 26% | 54% | 25.1 | −0.14 | |
| 2006 10 g | 8 of 53 15% | 19% | 46% | 29.6 | −0.03 | |
| 2007 9 g | 9 of 69 13% | 21% | 56% | 23.6 | −0.10 | |
| 2008 12 g | 21 of 99 21% | 29% | 47% | 23.9 | −0.12 | |
| 2009 13 g | 12 of 97 12% | 31% | 49% | 27.4 | −0.04 | |
| All 55 g | 65 of 410 16% | 26% | 50% | 25.9 | −0.09 |
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.