The Strength Game Podcast Episode #113: Chad Snodgrass
Chad Snodgrass is the Director of Sports Performance at Old Dominion University and the head football strength coach for the Monarchs. Snodgrass joined the ODU sports performance department in January of 2022. Prior to ODU he spent his entire career at his alma mater, West Virginia University. Snodgrass started as an intern coach assisting with football and other Olympic teams on campus before spending two years as a graduate assistant where he oversaw women’s soccer and continued to work with the football program. He was promoted to a full-time position and spent the next seven years as an assistant coach for the Mountaineers football team.
Snodgrass was a three-year letterman for the Mountaineers on the offensive line playing both guard and tackle from 2009-2011. In his senior season he earned both the “Hammer Award” and the “Iron Mountaineer Award.” Those honors are given to the team’s most dedicated and hardest working individual and given to the hardest working member of the team voted upon by the strength and conditioning staff, respectively. Snodgrass continues to develop himself as an athlete and continues to train following his collegiate playing days and currently competes in powerlifting.
Show Highlights / Topics
The Impact that Strength Coaches Play in an Athletes Life
Establishing a Standard by Owning Every Repetition
Exposing Athletes to Difficult Situations and Adversity
Being Competitive as a S&C Staff and Striving to be the Best Coach on the Floor
Growth and Coaching Style Changes After Having Kids