Rob Snyder in his second season as defensive line coach for Colonel football program.
In his first year in 2024, the defense ranked fourth in the FCS in rushing yards allowed with a school record 83.9 yards per game. Nicholls also surrendered just six rushing touchdowns for the season which was the fewest allowed in the FCS. The line had a pair of first-team All-Southland selections as Zack Bernard and Rasheed Lovelace were two of four defensive honorees for the Colonels.
Snyder last served in the same role at the University of South Dakota for the 2023 season.
Previously, Snyder spent time as a walk-on and student coach at LSU before graduating in 2015 and was a defensive analyst for the Tigers from 2016-18. He worked directly with defensive line coach Pete Jenkins and special teams coach Bradley Dale Peveto. Snyder assisted a defense that ranked fifth nationally in 2016 and won the Citrus Bowl over Louisville.
Snyder joined the staff at Missouri in 2019 and was responsible for coaching all phases of the defensive line and in particular the defensive ends. In 2021, he returned to Louisiana to serve as defensive coordinator for Holy Cross in New Orleans. Snyder spent the 2022 season as defensive line coach and coordinator at Jesuit.
Snyder and his wife Evon have two rescue dogs, Junior and Chip.
