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Mark Snyder

Followed Bob Pruett. Marshall fell from National Program I to Regional Program II under Mark Snyder.

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2005–2009 · 1 stint
Marshall
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerMARSHALLNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMarshall, 2005: 4-7, National Program II2005Marshall, 2006: 5-7, National Program III2006Marshall, 2007: 3-9, Regional Program I2007Marshall, 2008: 4-8, Regional Program II2008Marshall, 2009: 7-6, Regional Program II2009-15.8One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Marshall, 5 seasons
−15.8
National Program II → Regional Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against George O'Leary.

Rivalry record
0–4
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–13
43.5% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
West Virginia0–40%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. George O'Leary0–5
5 meetings, 2005–2009
’05 L’06 L’07 L’08 L’09 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–10 0.0%
National Program
1–6 14.3%
Regional Program
18–19 48.6%

Coaching career

2005–2009
Marshalldeclinerborderline
National Program I → National Program II
Marshall fell from National Program I to Regional Program II under Mark Snyder.

2nd-best Marshall tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Bob Pruett (1997–2004) · succeeded by Doc Holliday (2010–2020).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Tackle from high school
100%
#198 of 223 stints

2 NFL Draft picks: Johnathan Goddard (2005), Ahmad Bradshaw (2007)

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