Quin Snyder
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Quin Snyder is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers
of the NBA. Snyder, was formerly in charge of player development for the 76ers and accepted the role in June 2010 after coaching the NBDL's Austin Toros
for three seasons. Snyder was the head coach of the Toros from 2007–2010; the head coach at the University of Missouri from 1999–2006; an assistant coach at his alma mater, Duke
under Mike Krzyzewski from 1993–1999; and an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers
under Larry Brown
from 1992-1993.
in the state of Washington. His high school basketball team was coached by the winningest coach in Washington state history, Ed Pepple. A two-time state player of the year, Snyder led the team to the 1985 state championship. During this time Mercer Island achieved a No. 1 ranking in USA Today's high school polls. Snyder was named a
McDonald's All American player, being the first chosen from the state of Washington.
Blue Devils
for four years and his team played in the Final Four
in 1986, 1988, and 1989. Snyder became a starter in his second season (1987) and started almost all games the remainder of his career.
He graduated from Duke in 1989 with a double major in philosophy
and political science
, and, later received a JD
from Duke Law School in 1995 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business
in 1995. In the middle of his graduate work, Snyder spent one year as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers.
In 1999, Snyder accepted the head coaching position at the University of Missouri, succeeding longtime coach Norm Stewart
. He eventually led the Tigers to four consecutive NCAA Tournament
berths, including the Elite Eight
in 2002, matching the deepest run ever made by a Missouri team in the NCAA Tournament. Given his success during his first year at Missouri, he was named Rookie Coach of the Year by the Basketball Times.
Snyder was hailed as a sensation upon his arrival at Missouri. His first team, although seriously undermanned and composed largely of Stewart's players, made an impressive run to the NCAA Tournament. They knocked off a ranked Illinois
team and then defeated the Kansas Jayhawks
in Snyder's first game against Mizzou's archrival. Snyder's second season was punctuated by similar success. He once again toppled a ranked Kansas team and led the Tigers to their first NCAA victory since 1995. The eventual 2001 NCAA National Champion Duke
ended the Tigers' season in the NCAA Tournament.
Snyder's third team achieved something only accomplished three other times in a century of Missouri Basketball, the NCAA's Elite Eight. The Tigers pummeled 5th seeded Miami and then dominated the Big Ten
Champion Ohio State
in advancing to the Sweet 16. UCLA
proved no match for the Tigers, who wore down the Bruins down the stretch. The Tigers eventually succumbed to the Final Four-bound Oklahoma
in a very close game - the Tigers came just six points shy of reaching Missouri's first ever Final Four. Mizzou also became the lowest-seeded team (#12) to reach the final eight in the history of the NCAA tournament.
In 2002-2003, Missouri again reached the NCAA Tournament, defeating Southern Illinois
before losing an overtime thriller to Final Four-bound Marquette
. It marked the fourth time in four years that Missouri was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by the eventual regional champion. Missouri's 5 wins in 3 seasons marked the single most successful stretch of NCAA Tournament basketball in the long history of Missouri Basketball.
In the summer of 2003, Snyder was an assistant coach for USA Basketball Men’s Pan American Games team.
The 2005-2006 Season got off to a decent start, culminating with an 89–86 overtime win over Kansas in mid-January. Snyder defeated the arch-rival Jayhawks in each of his last two meetings with them. But the Tigers lost their next six, the final loss being a 90–64 loss to the Baylor Bears
.
During his tenure with Mizzou many allegations regarding his ability to manage the program or players developed including his handling of recuruit Ricky Clemons (later arrested) and Clemons association with University president (and wife) Mr. and Mrs. Elson Floyd. Following NCAA investigations and FBI investigations (along with frustrations of alumni) Snyder chose to resign.
Snyder was the only coach in Missouri history to make post-season play in every season that he coached the team to the season's end.
Snyder was hired in July 2011 as an assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers
under coach Mike Brown.
in the NBADL
In the first season, Snyder's team won the Southwest Division championship and reached the D-League Finals. In his second season, Snyder led the Toros to a 32-win season; coached in the 2009 NBA D-League All-Star Game in Phoenix; received the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award; and reached the D-League Semi-Finals. In his final season with the team, the Toros compiled another 32-win season - this time with more rookies than any other team in the D-League - and again reached the Semi-Finals. During his 3-year tenure in Austin, Snyder compiled more wins and guided more players to the NBA than any other coach in the D-League with GATORADE Call-Ups that included Malik Hairston
, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, DeMarcus Nelson
, Marcus Williams
, Dwayne Jones
, Curtis Jerrells
, and Alonzo Gee
- who was also named NBA Development League Rookie of the Year in 2010.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
of the NBA. Snyder, was formerly in charge of player development for the 76ers and accepted the role in June 2010 after coaching the NBDL's Austin Toros
Austin Toros
The Austin Toros are a NBA Development League minor league basketball team based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States.The team plays home games at Cedar Park Center.Their logo is the design of a bull and basketball with the state of Texas in the background...
for three seasons. Snyder was the head coach of the Toros from 2007–2010; the head coach at the University of Missouri from 1999–2006; an assistant coach at his alma mater, Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
under Mike Krzyzewski from 1993–1999; and an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
under Larry Brown
Larry Brown
-Athletes:* Larry Brown , former NHL ice hockey player* Larry Brown , , NCAA, ABA and NBA player and coach-American football:* Larry Brown , NFL cornerback and Super Bowl MVP...
from 1992-1993.
High school
Snyder attended Mercer Island High SchoolMercer Island High School
Mercer Island High School is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington in the U.S., as part of the Mercer Island School District....
in the state of Washington. His high school basketball team was coached by the winningest coach in Washington state history, Ed Pepple. A two-time state player of the year, Snyder led the team to the 1985 state championship. During this time Mercer Island achieved a No. 1 ranking in USA Today's high school polls. Snyder was named a
McDonald's All American player, being the first chosen from the state of Washington.
College and graduate school
Snyder was a point guard for the DukeDuke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils
Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...
for four years and his team played in the Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
in 1986, 1988, and 1989. Snyder became a starter in his second season (1987) and started almost all games the remainder of his career.
He graduated from Duke in 1989 with a double major in philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, and, later received a JD
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
from Duke Law School in 1995 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Fuqua School of Business
The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs...
in 1995. In the middle of his graduate work, Snyder spent one year as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers.
College
After completing business and law degrees, Snyder decided to pursue a career in basketball. In 1995, he was hired at his alma mater as a full-time assistant. In 1997, he was promoted to the position of associate head coach. He was widely credited with recruiting the group of student-athletes who compiled a 37-2 record during the 1998-99 season and finished as NCAA runners-up. In 1999, Snyder's final year on the Duke bench, the Blue Devils went 37-2 and lost the national championship game to the University of Connecticut. In 10 years at Duke, he took part in five Final Fours - three as a player (1986, 88, 89) and two more as a coach (1994, 99).In 1999, Snyder accepted the head coaching position at the University of Missouri, succeeding longtime coach Norm Stewart
Norm Stewart
Norman E. "Norm)" Stewart is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa from 1961 to 1967, but is best known for his career with the University of Missouri from 1967 until 1999. He retired with an overall coaching record of 731-375 in 38 seasons...
. He eventually led the Tigers to four consecutive NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
berths, including the Elite Eight
Elite Eight
The term Elite Eight, or less commonly called "Great Eight", refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship; and, thus, represents the national quarterfinals. In Division I, the Elite Eight consists of the...
in 2002, matching the deepest run ever made by a Missouri team in the NCAA Tournament. Given his success during his first year at Missouri, he was named Rookie Coach of the Year by the Basketball Times.
Snyder was hailed as a sensation upon his arrival at Missouri. His first team, although seriously undermanned and composed largely of Stewart's players, made an impressive run to the NCAA Tournament. They knocked off a ranked Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini
The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports....
team and then defeated the Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas Jayhawks
The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...
in Snyder's first game against Mizzou's archrival. Snyder's second season was punctuated by similar success. He once again toppled a ranked Kansas team and led the Tigers to their first NCAA victory since 1995. The eventual 2001 NCAA National Champion Duke
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I...
ended the Tigers' season in the NCAA Tournament.
Snyder's third team achieved something only accomplished three other times in a century of Missouri Basketball, the NCAA's Elite Eight. The Tigers pummeled 5th seeded Miami and then dominated the Big Ten
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
Champion Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
The Lucas Sapp men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes won their only National Championship in 1960 and have made a total of 21 NCAA Tournament appearances...
in advancing to the Sweet 16. UCLA
UCLA Bruins men's basketball
The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 Division I NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967,...
proved no match for the Tigers, who wore down the Bruins down the stretch. The Tigers eventually succumbed to the Final Four-bound Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
-1908-1980:The Sooners enjoyed moderate success on the court during this era, posting only 16 losing records in their first 72 seasons. They were coached by 9 different coaches during this period, beginning with Bennie Owen , and ending with Dave Bliss in 1980...
in a very close game - the Tigers came just six points shy of reaching Missouri's first ever Final Four. Mizzou also became the lowest-seeded team (#12) to reach the final eight in the history of the NCAA tournament.
In 2002-2003, Missouri again reached the NCAA Tournament, defeating Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball
The Southern Illinois Salukis basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Salukis are currently coached by Chris Lowery who led the team to the NCAA tournament in 2004 thru 2007. Lowery was...
before losing an overtime thriller to Final Four-bound Marquette
Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
The Marquette Golden Eagles Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school's 1977 team, coached by Al McGuire, won the NCAA championship. Currently the team competes in the Big East Conference. It last played in the NCAA Division I...
. It marked the fourth time in four years that Missouri was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by the eventual regional champion. Missouri's 5 wins in 3 seasons marked the single most successful stretch of NCAA Tournament basketball in the long history of Missouri Basketball.
In the summer of 2003, Snyder was an assistant coach for USA Basketball Men’s Pan American Games team.
The 2005-2006 Season got off to a decent start, culminating with an 89–86 overtime win over Kansas in mid-January. Snyder defeated the arch-rival Jayhawks in each of his last two meetings with them. But the Tigers lost their next six, the final loss being a 90–64 loss to the Baylor Bears
Baylor Bears men's basketball
The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew....
.
During his tenure with Mizzou many allegations regarding his ability to manage the program or players developed including his handling of recuruit Ricky Clemons (later arrested) and Clemons association with University president (and wife) Mr. and Mrs. Elson Floyd. Following NCAA investigations and FBI investigations (along with frustrations of alumni) Snyder chose to resign.
Snyder was the only coach in Missouri history to make post-season play in every season that he coached the team to the season's end.
Snyder was hired in July 2011 as an assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
under coach Mike Brown.
NCAA coaching record
Professional
In the summer of 2007, Quin Snyder accepted the head coaching position of the Austin TorosAustin Toros
The Austin Toros are a NBA Development League minor league basketball team based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States.The team plays home games at Cedar Park Center.Their logo is the design of a bull and basketball with the state of Texas in the background...
in the NBADL
In the first season, Snyder's team won the Southwest Division championship and reached the D-League Finals. In his second season, Snyder led the Toros to a 32-win season; coached in the 2009 NBA D-League All-Star Game in Phoenix; received the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award; and reached the D-League Semi-Finals. In his final season with the team, the Toros compiled another 32-win season - this time with more rookies than any other team in the D-League - and again reached the Semi-Finals. During his 3-year tenure in Austin, Snyder compiled more wins and guided more players to the NBA than any other coach in the D-League with GATORADE Call-Ups that included Malik Hairston
Malik Hairston
Malik Samory Hairston is an American basketball player, chosen in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, who then traded his rights to the San Antonio Spurs. He previously played for the University of Oregon. During his professional career, Hairston has played for the San Antonio Spurs and the...
, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, DeMarcus Nelson
DeMarcus Nelson
DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Donetsk. He can play at either the point guard or shooting guard positions. Nelson has played in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors.-College career:Nelson played at the shooting guard position on...
, Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams may refer to:*Marcus Williams , former UConn Huskies guard, played for the New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, and Memphis Grizzlies...
, Dwayne Jones
Dwayne Jones
Dwayne Jones is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Along with senior Jameer Nelson and juniors Delonte West and Pat Carroll, Jones was an integral part of the undefeated Saint Joseph's team during the 2004 regular season. The Hawks earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament...
, Curtis Jerrells
Curtis Jerrells
Curtis Louis Jerrells is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays with Fenerbahçe Ülker of the Turkish Basketball League.He is married to an Austin Native Samantha Romon and together they have a 2 year old son....
, and Alonzo Gee
Alonzo Gee
-High school and college career:Gee played basketball at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.He went on to play four seasons of college basketball at the University of Alabama from the 2005–06 season until 2008–09 season...
- who was also named NBA Development League Rookie of the Year in 2010.