The 2021-22 season marks Greg Snyder's eighth season with the Catamounts as the director of basketball
Assistant Coaching Record at Vermont |
Year |
Overall |
Am. East |
Finish |
2020-21 |
10-5 |
10-4 |
T-1st |
2019-20 |
26-7 |
14-2 |
1st |
2018-19 |
27-7 |
14-2 |
1st |
2017-18 |
27-8 |
15-1 |
1st |
2016-17 |
29-6 |
16-0 |
1st |
2015-16 |
23-14 |
11-5 |
3rd |
2014-15 |
20-14 |
12-4 |
2nd |
Total |
162-61 |
92-18 |
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2020 America East Champions
2020 America East Regular Season Champions
2019 America East Champions
2019 America East Regular Season Champions
2018 America East Champions
2017 America East Champions
2017 America East Regular Season Champions |
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Despite a shortened 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green and Gold won 10 conference games and earned a share of the America East regular season championship. Ryan Davis was named America East Player of the Year as Vermont became the fifth program in NCAA history honored with five straight conference Player of the Year awards. Davis also earned
NABC and
USWBA All-District honors.
The 2019-20 Cats became the first team in league history to win four consecutive outright America East regular season titles and received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll eight times. UVM finished the campaign with a 26-7 overall record and 14-2 mark in league play. Vermont took down St. John’s for its first win over a high-major program since 2009. The Green and Gold swept the Atlantic 10 for the second year in a row with wins over St. Bonaventure and George Washington. Vermont went on a 12-game conference winning streak which was the fourth-longest streak of its kind in the nation. The Cats earned a record-setting eighth America East Championship, breaking a tie with Northeastern for the most in league history. UVM ranked in the top five nationally in scoring defense (59.5 ppg allowed) and field-goal percentage defense (38.0%).
In 2018-19, UVM captured its ninth America East regular season championship and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time. The Cats posted a 27-7 overall record and went 14-2 in conference play. The Green and Gold swept three conferences during the non-league slate, including the first ever against Atlantic 10.He helped UVM to a 27-8 record in 2017-18, its second-highest single season win total, trailing only last year's historic 29-win campaign. Vermont posted a 15-1 league record and captured its eighth America East regular season crown in school history. The Catamounts have recorded 10-straight 20-win seasons – one of only 10 programs to accomplish the feat.
He helped UVM to a 27-8 record in 2017-18, its second-highest single season win total, trailing only last year's historic 29-win campaign. Vermont posted a 15-1 league record and captured its eighth America East regular season crown in school history. The Catamounts have recorded 10-straight 20-win seasons – one of only 10 programs to accomplish the feat.
The Cats were on the national radar and received votes in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 Poll three times. UVM extended its record-setting conference winning streak to 31 games. Vermont also logged the third-longest winning streak in program history at 15 games. The Green and Gold held the nation's longest overall winning streak for the second straight season. The Catamounts were consistently among the top mid-major programs in the country, ranking in the top-10 throughout the season in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 poll and the MidMajorMadness.com Weekly Power Rankings.
The 2016-17 season was a historical run for the Catamounts. UVM set the program record and conference record for most victories (29) and were the only America East team to record a 16-0 undefeated conference season in the league's history.
UVM also became the first team ever to sweep the league's major awards – John Becker (Coach of the Year), Trae Bell-Haynes (Player of the Year), Anthony Lamb (Rookie of the Year), Dre Wills (Defensive Player of the Year), and Darren Payen (Sixth Man of the Year).
In the polls, the Catamounts received votes in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 poll for seven straight weeks, climbed into the top-10 of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 and MidMajorMadness.com Power Rankings, and finished the season with 12 votes in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
Snyder spent the 2013-14 season as the head varsity basketball coach at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He also served as a coach and director of player development for the New England Playaz AAU Program for two seasons.
He led St. Mark's to a 12-4 league record after graduating all five seniors from a championship team. The squad earned a NEPSAC Class B Playoff berth and had multiple players named to the I.S.L. All-League Team.
Snyder began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, SUNY Potsdam. He earned an undergraduate degree at Potsdam in 2005. He has also had stints as an assistant coach at Hamilton College (2006-07) and Colgate (2008-11).
Updated March 2020