University of South Dakota Athletics

Rob Snyder was named defensive line coach at South Dakota in the spring of 2023. He 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 High School in New Orleans. Snyder spent the 2022 season as defensive line coach and coordinator at Jesuit High School in New Orleans. Both of those programs compete at the 5A level.
 
Snyder and his wife Evon have two rescue dogs, Junior and Chip.