Jim Snyder

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):

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)