One of college football’s most iconic and longest-tenured coaches is calling it a career.
According to Ryan Black of The Mercury, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder will announce his retirement on Sunday, finally ending a 27-year reign at the head of the program.
The 79-year-old has battled health problems, but remained very successful right to the end of his career. The 2018 season will be the first since 2009 that his Wildcats failed to make a bowl game.
Snyder will conclude his career with a 215-117-1 overall record, all with Kansas State. He took over an irrelevant program and turned them into a contender, winning 11 games seven times over the course of his tenure. It was interrupted only briefly when he announced a first retirement after the 2004 season, but he ended up returning ahead of the 2009 season.
Snyder had said at the start of the season that he planned to continue coaching for some time to come. Something changed, but few can be upset over the longtime coach’s decision to call it a career.
