Steve Snyder

Steve Snyder is the head coach for Queen's University's football team, the Queen's Gaels. He was named U Sports football Coach of the Year in 2021 and won a Vanier Cup in 2017 with the Western Mustangs as the team's offensive coordinator.

Amateur career Snyder played at quarterback with the London Beefeaters of the Canadian Junior Football League for Joe D'Amore in 2004. He then enrolled at St. Francis Xavier University and played for the X-Men from 2007 to 2009. He completed 347 of 636 pass attempts for 5,151 yards over the course of his three-year career with the X-Men.

Windsor Lancers Snyder earned his first opportunity to coach in U Sports when he was hired by Windsor Lancers head coach, Joe D'Amore, to serve as the team's special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator for the 2012 season. After missing the playoffs in 2013, the X-Men made the playoffs in each of the three seasons that Snyder was with the team and also won Loney Bowl championships in 2015 and 2016. In his first year with the team in 2017, the Mustangs won the 53rd Vanier Cup over the Laval Rouge et Or, which was Snyder's first national championship and Western's first since 1994. In 2018, the Mustangs again qualified for the Vanier Cup, but were defeated in the 54th Vanier Cup in the rematch against the Rouge et Or. In his first season, the team finished with a 3–5 record, which was the same as the year prior. He did not coach in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 season.

In 2021, Snyder led the Gaels to a perfect 6–0 record and first place in the OUA East Division. The team qualified for the Yates Cup, but were defeated by his former team, the Mustangs. Despite the loss, Snyder was awarded the Frank Tindall Trophy as U Sports football coach of the year for the team's turnaround.

In the 2022 season, Snyder again led the Gaels to a strong finish with a 7–1 record, but were again defeated by the Mustangs in the Yates Cup. In 2023, the Gaels had a fourth-place finish with a 5–3 record and lost to the Mustangs in the OUA semi-final.

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