Q&A With Hall Of Fame Coach Bill Snyder - Building A Winning Program

Legendary college football coach Bill Snyder joins host Keith Grabowski on the podcast today. Coach Snyder spent over 50 years roaming the sideline in some capacity, but he is most known for his time as the Head Coach at Kansas State, where he had two different tenures spanning 30 years.

During his time at Kansas State, Coach Snyder won Big Eight Conference Coach of the year three times and Big 12 Coach of the Year four times. Additionally, he boasted an overall record of 215-117-1 and won nine bowl games. He was inducted into the Kansas State Hall of Fame in 2008 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Coach Snyder joins us today for a special Q&A with questions provided by coaches from across the country. 

Show Notes:

1:01 What inspired Snyder to want to Coach

2:43 What stuck with Coach that he learned from his mentors

6:14 What kind of things Coach preached that became his culture

11:05 How Coach recruited kids that fit his culture

15:48 Importance of researching recruits through social media and other tools

18:00 Developing a culture at a school where there has been none previously 

27:50 Main things Coach looks at when hiring new staff members

29:19 How Coach managed to prepare his staff to be coaches elsewhere while still maintaining continuity

32:32 What Coach would be looking for from his coaches during practice

35:46 Did Coach ever face a scenario where he had to talk one of his coaches out of leaving for a promotion at a different school?

38:37 Advice on developing culture within a specific positional group

42:29 Coach’s thoughts on bringing in transfers to a program

44:32 What stats Coach focused on that he thought gave them the winning edge

47:00 How Coach evolves his offense schematically and how he fits it to his personnel

48:26 What Coach focused on with his special teams units that made them such a success

51:41 How Coach balanced his own family and his players and coaches

53:26 What would Coach have done differently if he could go back and do his first ten years of coaching again?

56:55 What about the last ten years?

58:01 How to connect with a disgruntled player

1:01:38 The Winning Edge

You can follow Coach Snyder on Twitter @CoachBillSnyder.

Follow Keith Grabowski @CoachKGrabowski.

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