The remarkable coaching career of Bill Snyder, who transformed Kansas State | Podcast
For the first time since 2010, Kansas State will visit Missouri on Saturday in a meeting of former Big Eight/Big 12 rivals.
The setting should bring back some happy memories for former Wildcats coach Bill Snyder. His K-State teams won six of nine meetings with the Tigers at Faurot Field.
After engineering one of the greatest program turnarounds in college football history, Snyder stepped down from his Hall of Fame career after the 2018 season. He recently sat down with The Star’s Blair Kerkhoff to discuss his life in football, how he came to K-State, some of the more remarkable players and games in program history and more. That conversation is presented today as a podcast and Q&A.
And there’s another Snyder connection to Saturday’s game: He attended Missouri, albeit briefly. Snyder grew up in St. Joseph and wanted to play football for the Tigers. It didn’t work out, and after a year he enrolled at William Jewell, where the seeds were planted for an incredible career in college coaching.
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