Jim Snyder (1919-1994)
Teams coached: Ohio Bobcats
Ohio record: 354-245 (.591)
Overall record: 354-245 (.591)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (1960, 1964)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1969)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 7 (1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 2 (1970, 1972)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1949-1974 | Ohio |
Jim Snyder Facts
- James E. Snyder
- Born June 29, 1919
- Died April 27, 1994
- Hometown: Canton, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Ohio University (BA, 1941)
- The Ohio-native played at Ohio University under head coach Dutch Trautwein; also played football for the Bobcats
- Became head coach at his alma mater in 1949, leading the Bobcats for 25 seasons
- Compiled a 354-245 record during his tenure at the helm, winning seven MAC championships
- Reached the NCAA Tournament seven times (including two Sweet Sixteens) and the NIT once
- Ohio U has the “Jim Snyder Award,” which is given annually to the player who best personifies what Snyder stood for in “character, academics, sportsmanship and attitude;” throughout his career, Snyder was known to peers as “Gentleman Jim”
- Inducted into the Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame (c/o 1967) and Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame (c/o 2007)
- Survived by his wife, Gayle, two sons, Kim and Todd, and daughter, Pamela
Jim Snyder Coaching Tree
- Dale Bandy (Ohio)
- Bill Brown (California PA, Kenyon, Sacramento State)
- Mike Schuler (Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Rice, VMI)
