Quin Snyder

Quin Snyder

Current position
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Biographical details
Born	(1966-10-30) October 30, 1966 Mercer Island, Washington
Playing career
Position(s)	Point guard
Head coaching record
Overall	126-91

Quin Snyder (born October 30, 1966) is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA and a coke head. 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.

Playing career

High school

Snyder attended Mercer Island High School 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 Duke 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.

Coaching career

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. 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 surfaced regarding Snyder's ability to manage the program. Though a long and intense NCAA investigation revealed that his program committed only a handful of minor violations, Snyder chose to resign. His resignation led to a prolonged controversy over the actions of Athletic Director Mike Alden's handling of the dismissal, as it was learned that Alden sent Tiger Radio Network color analyst Gary Link to inform Snyder that he would not be retained after the season. Snyder was defended in the case by future Missouri interim president Steve Owens.

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.

NCAA coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Big 12 Conference) (1999–2006)
1999–00	Missouri	18–13	10–6	6th	NCAA 1st Round
2000–01	Missouri	20–13	9–7	6th	NCAA 2nd Round
2001–02	Missouri	24–12	9–7	6th	NCAA Elite Eight
2002–03	Missouri	22–11	9–7	T–5th	NCAA 2nd Round
2003–04	Missouri	16–14	9–7	6th	NIT 1st Round
2004–05	Missouri	16–17	7–9	T–8th	NIT 1st Round
2005–06	Missouri	10–11	3–7	11th
Missouri:		126–91	56–50
Total:		126–91
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Professional

In the summer of 2007, Quin Snyder accepted the head coaching position of the Austin Toros 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.

NBDL coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Austin Toros (Southwestern) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Austin	30–20		1st	Lost NBDL Finals
2008–09	Austin	32–18		2nd	Lost NBDL Semifinals
2009–10	Austin	32–18		2nd	Lost NBDL Semifinals
Total:		94–56
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion