Mark Snell

Mark Snell

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-02-23) February 23, 1958
Place of birth	Lockport, New York, United States
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976-1979	Hartwick College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980-1981	Edmonton Drillers	0	(0)
1980-1981	→ Viersen (loan)
1981-1983	Buffalo Stallions (indoor)	2	(0)
1983-1985	Wichita Wings (indoor)	6	(0)
Managerial career
1998-2002	Hartwick College (assistant)
2003	Hartwick College (interim)
2014	Fort Worth Vaqueros
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Snell is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League. He most recently coached in the FC Dallas youth system.

Player

Snell graduated from Lockport Senior High School where he was a 1975 High School All American soccer player. He attended Hartwick College where he played on the school's soccer team from 1976 to 1979. In 1977, Snell and his team mates won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

In 1980, he signed with the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League who sent him on loan to 1. FC Viersen 05. In 1981, he joined the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League before finishing his career with the Wichita Wings.

Coach

In 1996, Snell became the freshman team coach at Canisius High School in Buffalo, NY. That year, he led the freshman team to an undefeated season and the league championship. In 1997, Snell became the head varsity coach at Canisius High School. Instead of selecting mostly juniors and seniors who had played varsity and j.v. the previous year, Snell selected primarily players who had played on his freshmen team. After selecting primarily sophomores to fill the varsity roster, the team started a dismal 1-9, and Snell was fired. The replacement coach put the sophomores on the bench, played the juniors and seniors who had been on the varsity and j.v. rosters the previous year, and the team won the rest of its games and the Monsignor Martin League Championship.

In 1998, Snell became an assistant with Hartwick College. In January 2003, Jim Lennox unexpectedly resigned as head coach of the Hawks and Snell became the head coach. However, the school chose to hire Ian McIntyre before the 2003 season began and Snell left the school. After spending time with the FC Dallas youth teams, Snell became the first head coach of the Fort Worth Vaqueros FC of the National Premier Soccer League in 2014.

External links

• NASL/MISL stats

• Snell promoted to top soccer assistant at Hartwick
• FC Dallas: Mark Snell