Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Playing Experience
References
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SHEILA M. SNYDER

Macomb,MI

Summary

Inspiring Coach bringing extensive experience guiding and mentoring athletes to reach optimum potential. Driven and high-achieving with winning-team seasons throughout career history. Passionate about mentoring athletes to build sustainable training and eating habits.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Pickleball Private Instructor

04.2024 - Current
  • Coached, encouraged and mentored individuals on the skills required to play pickleball
  • Understood the goal of my client, and prepared them in a way they could get one step closer to that goal.

Head Women's Tennis Coach

Wayne State University
01.1989 - 01.2024
  • Ranked 9th in NCAA D2 Women's Tennis history with 438 coaching victories
  • Three-time GLIAC Coach of the Year
  • Three-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
  • Teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament 14 times in the last 19 years
  • Guided Wayne State University to its first ever Round of 16 win and NCAA Quarter Final Appearance in 2022-23 campaign
  • Led WSU to the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time in program history during 2013-14 season
  • Guided the Warriors to their first NCAA Midwest Regional Title in 2013-14
  • Mentored several GLIAC Player of the Year recipients as well as All-Conference honorees
  • Participated in various campus and athletic committees, including several hiring committees, the committee to change the campus logo, and student development committees
  • Well-versed in all NCAA rules and regulations
  • Coordinated all travel (hotel and transportation) and scheduling for the Women's Tennis Team, as well as purchasing and maintaining all necessary equipment and monitoring inventory.

Intramural Director

Wayne State University
01.2002 - 01.2008
  • Responsible for all aspects of the Wayne State Intramural Program, including hiring and scheduling of personnel, officiating, maintaining facilities and equipment, and preparing budgets and payroll
  • Organized and managed all of the various sports leagues from registration to team standings
  • Significantly increased student participation by actively advertising and personally recruiting students and staff in order to create a thriving Intramural Program that had been previously non-existent on a commuter campus.

Instructor: Physical Education Department

Wayne State University
01.1988 - 01.2002
  • Instructed several courses in the Physical Education Department, including weight training, aerobics, racquet sports, and the newly emerging sport of Pickleball.

Education

Master of Science - Exercise Physiology

Wayne State University

Bachelor of Science - Physical Education

Wayne State University

Certified Pickleball Instructor

Skills

  • Recruiting and Player Development
  • Successfully engaged in passionate and relationship-based recruiting of in-state, out-of-state, and international student athletes
  • Continually evaluated individual knowledge, skills, and strengths to maximize player and team performance
  • Mentored student athletes to ensure a high retention and graduation rate
  • Fundraising money and maintaining a relationship with donors so they know they are a valuable asset to the project I am completing
  • Community Service/Fundraising for University Athletic Department (procured a 6 figure estate grant)
  • Strong commitment to the City of Detroit, including soup kitchens, tennis clinics for underprivileged youths, food and clothing drives for the homeless, and adopt a family during the holidays

Playing Experience

Wayne State University, Tennis, Basketball, 1983, 1987

References

  • Jason Clark, (313) 244-4974, Current Director of Development, University of Detroit Mercy, Former Associate Athletic Director, Wayne State University
  • Rob Fournier, (313) 283-8585, Former Head Athletic Director, Wayne State University
  • Bryan Morrow, (248) 229-6163, Head Men's Tennis Coach, Wayne State University
  • Ryan Kelley, (734) 846-6333, Head Baseball Coach, Wayne State University

Timeline

Pickleball Private Instructor

04.2024 - Current

Intramural Director

Wayne State University
01.2002 - 01.2008

Head Women's Tennis Coach

Wayne State University
01.1989 - 01.2024

Instructor: Physical Education Department

Wayne State University
01.1988 - 01.2002

Master of Science - Exercise Physiology

Wayne State University

Bachelor of Science - Physical Education

Wayne State University

Certified Pickleball Instructor

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