Title: | Asst. Coach |
Phone: | 404-727-0596 |
Email: | eric.j.snyder@emory.edu |
Eric Snyder joined the Emory University volleyball coaching
staff in March of 2013.
Snyder came to the Eagles’ program after a
two-year stint (2011 & 2012) as the head volleyball coach at
the United States Coast Guard Academy. Snyder compiled a
two-year record of 44-20 overall and 14-4 in the New England
Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). He led the
Bears to an ECAC Division III New England Championship and a share
of the NEWMAC regular season championship with a record of 26-6
overall and 8-1 in conference play in 2011.
Snyder has an extensive background in volleyball, with other
head coaching stops at the University of Mary (ND) in 2009 and
Stonehill College (MA) during the 2007 and 2008 campaigns. While at
Stonehill, he led the Skyhawks to a 21-11 record in 2008, the first
time that program broke the 20-win barrier since 1997, and a
two-year record of 31-31. For his efforts, Snyder was named to the
American Volleyball Coaches Association's Thirty Under 30 Award
List, an award that honors thirty of the up-and-coming coaches
under 30 years of age in volleyball at all levels of the game.
In 2010, Snyder was an assistant coach women’s coach at
Division II Bentley College and an assistant men’s coach at
nationally ranked Division III Emmanuel.
“We hit the jackpot with Eric Snyder, he is one of the
finest coaches in the country,” said Emory head coach
Jenny McDowell. “Eric is a great coach, great
recruiter and a great man. I have known him for a few years
and have been impressed with his work ethic, passion and love of
the game. I am looking forward to working side by side with
Eric as we continue to make the Emory Volleyball program the
perfect destination for the finest student-athletes in the
country.”
A 2004 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, where Snyder
served as an assistant volleyball coach during his undergraduate
years, he was a graduate assistant volleyball coach at Tiffin
(Ohio) University and an assistant coach on the NCAA Division I
South Alabama Jaguars staff in 2006. He obtained his master’s
degree in business administration from Tiffin in 2006 and holds his
bachelor’s degree in sport management/business
administration.