Carl Snavely | |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1894 |
Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Death Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1911–1914 |
Player Team2: | Lebanon Valley |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Team4: | Lebanon Valley |
Player Years5: | 1914 |
Player Team5: | York White Roses / Lancaster Red Roses |
Player Years6: | 1915 |
Player Team6: | Chambersburg Maroons |
Player Positions: | First baseman (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1921 |
Coach Team2: | Marietta (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1922–1926 |
Coach Team3: | Bellefonte Academy (PA) |
Coach Years4: | 1927–1933 |
Coach Team4: | Bucknell |
Coach Years5: | 1934–1935 |
Coach Team5: | North Carolina |
Coach Years6: | 1936–1944 |
Coach Team6: | Cornell |
Coach Years7: | 1945–1952 |
Coach Team7: | North Carolina |
Coach Years8: | 1953–1958 |
Coach Team8: | Washington University |
Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
Coach Years10: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team10: | Marietta |
Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
Coach Years12: | 1922 |
Coach Team12: | Marietta |
Coach Years13: | 1928–1934 |
Coach Team13: | Bucknell |
Overall Record: | 180–96–16 (college football) 4–14 (college basketball) 34–61 (college baseball) 40–2–3 (high school football) |
Bowl Record: | 0–3 |
Championships: | 1 National (1939) 2 SoCon (1946, 1949) |
Cfbhof Year: | 1965 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1463 |
Carl Gray "The Grey Fox" Snavely (July 30, 1894 – July 12, 1975) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bucknell University (1927–1933), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1934–1935, 1945–1952), Cornell University (1936–1944), and Washington University in St. Louis (1953–1958), compiling a career college football record of 180–96–16. Snavely was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.
Snavley was the head football coach at Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania from 1922 to 1926, tallying a mark of 40–2–3 in five seasons.[1] From 1927 to 1933, Snavely served as the head football coach at Bucknell, where he compiled a 42–16–8 record. From 1934 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1952, he served as the head football coach at North Carolina, where he compiled a 59–35–5 record. He was a proponent of the single wing offense. From 1936 to 1944, he served as the head football coach at Cornell, where he compiled a 46–26–3 record. He was a 1915 graduate of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, where he played four years on the football team. He was a 1976 inductee into their athletic Hall of Fame.