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Chris Snyder, an assistant coach for the Kansas Wesleyan football program, has been named the university\u2019s flag football coach. He replaces Melinda Nguyen, who has accepted a Division I head coaching job in a southern state.<\/p>\n

Snyder was passing game coordinator, recruiting coordinator, quarterbacks coach and developmental team head coach this fall. The Coyotes finished 7-4 in first-year head coach Matt Middleton\u2019s first year.<\/p>\n

Snyder has been at KWU for nearly four years in his second stint. He was co-interim head coach for the final six games of the 2024 season and helped the Coyotes win the Kansas Conference\u2019s Gene Bissell Division with a 5-0 record and gain a berth in the NAIA National Championships. He also served as interim bowling coach and was associate director of admissions from 2022-24.<\/p>\n

He was assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for coach Dave Dallas from 2009-12 during his first tour of duty at KWU.<\/p>\n

Snyder has considerable college coaching experience. He has coached quarterbacks for 22 years, spent 17 as a recruiting coordinator, 16 as an offensive coordinator and 12 as a receivers coach, with stops at Bethany twice, Saint Mary, Independence Community College and Doane. He was head coach at Mendocino College (Calif.) during the 2014 season and was the school\u2019s offensive and recruiting coordinator from 2004-09.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Snyder\u2019s experience, leadership and proven record of success on the field make him an outstanding fit for this position,\u201d Athletic Director Miguel Paredes said. \u201cWe look forward to the continued growth of our program under his direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snyder said it was an offer he couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had an interest in flag football and, in the last few years, it has been a growing sport,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving daughters that play sports \u2013 one\u2019s in college now and one\u2019s in junior high \u2013 the more opportunities the better. So, it was very appealing and staying in athletics was also key.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for the school. There isn\u2019t much turnover, and we can kind of keep things rolling. It\u2019s already a very established program so putting all those together, it was definitely a no-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Coyotes were 49-17 (27-5 in the KCAC) during Nguyen\u2019s three seasons.<\/p>\n

Snyder will continue to assist Middleton.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m still the recruiting coordinator for football,\u201d he said. \u201cNot much is going to change other than I\u2019ll bounce around from office to office. I\u2019ll recruit for both sports; I\u2019ll just be a little busier. Middleton and I will figure out what\u2019s best for both programs with practicing and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are similarities between flag and tackle football, Snyder said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been on the offensive side for 24 years and there is easily a correlation. A hitch route doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s flag or Division I or NAIA, you run route concepts. There are a lot of correlations that people probably don\u2019t think about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have five or six guys rushing you and stunting and stuff like that. But when you\u2019re looking at concepts, and you\u2019re teaching your players routes or quarterbacks about anticipation, there\u2019s going to be a lot of similarities. That\u2019s just something I\u2019m going to have to show the team in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snyder said he will handle the offense and assistant coach Alexa Mansur will work with the defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cChange is hard, but it\u2019s the world you live in whether it\u2019s coaching or the real world,\u201d he said. \u201cThings change pretty quickly, and you\u2019ve got to be able to adapt. I just hope in the next few weeks, the ladies learn that I care about this program and it\u2019s my priority. I\u2019m going to care about them and the winning culture, and that\u2019s the expectation and standard. Nothing changes there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen the ladies play. They\u2019re extremely talented, so we\u2019re not coming in and blowing anything up. We\u2019re not changing the offensive playbook. We\u2019ve got three quarterbacks, so it\u2019s going to be a collaborative effort. 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