According to MetroNews, the University High School football team now has a new head coach.

 

Longtime coordinator Eric Snyder was hired after the Monongalia County Board of Education approved the contract during their regular meeting Tuesday.

 

Snyder takes over for longtime head coach John Kelley, who announced his retirement earlier this year after 37 years with the Hawks. Snyder, who has served as a coach for both the varsity team and the JV team on offense and defense, is excited to take over the reins as the new head of the program.

 

“It’s a long career come true,” said Snyder after the announcement. “It’s definitely where I want to be, to spend the rest of my career as a high school football coach,” he said.

 

Snyder has worked with the Hawks football program since 2002 when he started as interim coach under John Kelley’s staff. After graduating from college, Snyder served as an assistant positions coach in the junior varsity ranks, coaching both offensive and defensive positions coach for almost a decade.

 

Snyder was promoted to defensive coordinator for the varsity football team in 2009, and he continued to coach the Hawks until he stepped away from football in 2018 due to family reasons. He returned in 2021 as offensive coordinator.

 

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Editor's Note: Photo of Eric Snyder courtesy of University High School.