Mark Snyder was born on December 30,1964 and is an American football coach.
18 Facts About Mark Snyder
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Mark Snyder is the Defensive line and Linebackers coach for the Orlando Guardians of the XFL and previously the linebackers coach for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League.
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Mark Snyder moved on to the UCF Knights the following year and spent two seasons there, the first as a graduate assistant and the second coaching linebackers.
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In 1991, Mark Snyder joined Jim Tressel at Youngstown State University as the outside linebacker coach.
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Mark Snyder was given special teams and inside linebacker responsibilities in 1994, and then promoted to defensive coordinator and secondary coach in 1996.
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Mark Snyder again reunited with Jim Tressel at Ohio State University and was coming off of his first season as the Buckeyes' defensive coordinator.
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Marshall University's football program welcomed home one of its own when Mark Snyder was introduced as Marshall's 28th head football coach on April 14,2005.
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Mark Snyder was the head coach at Marshall for five seasons and helped lead the Thundering Herd transition from the Mid-American Conference to Conference USA.
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Mark Snyder's program produced 40 all-conference selections, including 2006 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year Albert McClellan, who had 18.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks his sophomore season.
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Under Mark Snyder, running back Ahmad Bradshaw was a two-time All-C-USA pick and ran for 19 touchdowns and 1,523 yards as a junior in 2006 to earn first-team all-league honors.
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Mark Snyder signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent in 2009 and is currently playing his fourth season in the NFL, all in Baltimore.
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On January 18,2010, Mark Snyder was named the defensive coordinator at South Florida.
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Mark Snyder helped mentor first-team All-BIG EAST defensive tackle Terrell McClain, who was selected in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers.
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Mark Snyder helped lead The Ohio State Buckeyes to an inaugural playoff berth for the FBS National Championship.
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On January 11,2018, Mark Snyder joined Willie Taggart as the defensive ends coach at Florida State.
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Mark Snyder coached Brian Burns who was first team All ACC and eventual first round pick of the Carolina Panthers in his only season coaching the defensive ends before switching to special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for the 2019 season.
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In 2022 he was hired as a LBs coach for the Houston Gamblers of the USFL where Mark Snyder coached the eventual Defensive Most Valuable Player OLB Chris Odum, and league leader in tackles and first team all league ILB Donald Payne.
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Mark Snyder was officially hired by the Orlando Guardians on September 13,2022.