Mike Snyder enters his second season with the Texans as an offensive assistant in 2025. Snyder owns seven years of NFL experience, previously serving season as a football analyst for the Atlanta Falcons from 2022-23.
In 2024, Snyder worked closely with the wide receiver group, including WR Nico Collins (1,006), who recorded a second consecutive year with 1,000 yards, joining Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins and Brandin Cooks as the only players in franchise history to accomplish this feat. Collins' average of 83.8 receiving yards per game and his 14.8 yards per reception both ranked as the fourth highest in the NFL. Collins' impact did not slow down in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, with the star receiver's 122 receiving yards being the highest output in a postseason contest in franchise history and the fourth-most yards recorded in the playoffs this season. His stellar season earned him his first Pro Bowl recognition. WR Tank Dell also established himself in the history books by becoming the fourth Texan wide receiver to reach 1,000 receiving yards through their first two career seasons and tying Andre Johnson for the most receiving touchdowns by a Texan through their first two seasons. Offseason free agent acquisition, Stefon Diggs notched 496 yards and three touchdowns on 47 receptions through eight games before missing the rest of the season due to injury. He and Collins teamed up to become the first Texans duo to record 25 receptions each through the first four games of a season. The wide receiver unit finished the season ranked seventh in the AFC in receiving yards (3,952).
In 2023, the Falcons offense ranked 17th in total yards per game and ninth in rushing yards per game. Rookie running back Bijan Robinson set the franchise record for the most yards from scrimmage by a rookie in franchise history with 1,463 yards on the season, as the Falcons became the first team in NFL history to have a 1,000-yard rookie in three consecutive seasons with Tyler Allgeier in 2022 and Kyle Pitts in 2021.
Prior to joining the Falcons, Snyder spent four seasons (2018-21) with the Chicago Bears where he served as an offensive quality control coach for four seasons and served as the assistant quarterbacks coach in 2021. In 2021, Snyder played a role in QB Justin Fields' first season in the NFL, where he made 10 starts during his rookie season and threw for 1,870 yards and seven touchdowns while also rushing for 420 yards and two touchdowns. In 2020, Chicago averaged 331.4 total net yards per game, marking the fifth-highest yards per game finish by a Bears offense over the past 20 seasons. Through the final six games of the regular season, the Bears averaged 30.2 points per game, including a four-game stretch with 30-plus points for the first time since 1965. Montgomery tied for fifth in the NFL and ranked third in the NFC with 1,070 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, while QB Mitchell Trubisky had a strong finish to the season, completing 73.9 percent of his passes for 1,253 yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions with a combined rating of 101.9. Snyder helped lead the Bears to an NFC Wild Card playoff berth.
Following the 2019 season, Snyder was selected to coach wide receivers in the East-West Shrine Bowl for college prospects. In 2018, Snyder was part of an offensive staff that helped the Bears average 26.3 points per game, fourth-best in the NFC, and scored 24-or-more points 11 times. Additionally, they were the only team to hold a second-half lead in every regular-season game in 2018.
Prior to coaching in the NFL, Snyder spent six years coaching at the collegiate level, including three seasons at Coastal Carolina (2015-17), where he served as the offensive analyst and three total seasons at Wingate University (2012-14), where he served as a quarterback and special teams graduate assistant for one season and spent two seasons as the school's running back coach. In addition to his on the field experience, he owns a Master's Degree in Sports Management from Wingate University.
Previously, Snyder spent three years at Palmyra Area (Pa.) High School. He was the passing game coordinator, quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach at various times during his tenure. A 2009 graduate of Lebanon Valley (Pa.) College, Snyder earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science while winning three-letters as a pitcher on the Dutchmen baseball team.
Snyder is married to his wife, Anna.
