Craig Snider is an American softball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Tennessee. He previously served as head coach at Texas Tech.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Tennessee |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Franklin, Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2003 | Lindsey Wilson College (asst.) |
| 2004–2005 | Centenary (asst.) |
| 2005–2006 | Oklahoma (GA) |
| 2007–2010 | Stephen F. Austin (asst.) |
| 2011–2019 | Florida State (asst.) |
| 2020–2022 | Texas A&M (asst.) |
| 2023–2024 | Texas Tech |
| 2025–present | Tennessee (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 60–43 (.583) |
Coaching career
editTexas A&M
editOn June 6, 2019, Texas A&M added Snider to the softball staff as an assistant coach under head coach Jo Evans.[2][3]
Texas Tech
editOn June 20, 2022, Snider was named head coach at Texas Tech.[4][5] In two seasons as head coach, he posted a 60–43 record, and a 13–29 record in Big 12 play.
Tennessee
editOn June 9, 2024, Snider was named assistant coach at Tennessee.[6]
Personal life
editSnider is engaged to current Tennessee assistant coach Stephanie Sanders. They will get married on June 14, 2024.[7][8]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 31–22 | 5–13 | T–6th | |||||
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 29–21 | 8–16 | 8th | |||||
| Texas Tech: | 60–43 (.583) | 13–29 (.310) | |||||||
| Total: | 60–43 (.583) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Craig Snider". TexasTech.com. Texas Tech University. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Blankenship, Kris. "Coaching News: Florida State Assistant Craig Snider Goes to A&M". ExtraInningSoftball. Extra Inning Softball. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Softball Assistant Coach Craig Snider Heads To Texas A&M". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ McLeod, Justin. "Craig Snider Named Texas Tech Head Coach". ExtraInningSoftball.com. Extra Inning Softball. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Craig Snider named Texas Tech head softball coach". TexasTech.com. Texas Tech University. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Hall, Cora (June 9, 2024). "Tennessee softball adds couple to staff: Texas Tech coach Craig Snider, ex-Big Ten assistant Stephanie Sanders". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ Church, Jack (June 9, 2024). "Tennessee softball hires Craig Snider, Stephanie Sanders as assistant coaches". utdailybeacon.com. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ "Craig Snider & Stephanie Sanders". honeyfund.com. Retrieved June 9, 2024.