Ex-UNLV assistant football coach Snyder dies at 69

Monday, April 13, 2009 | 1:16 p.m.

Former Arizona State football coach Bruce Snyder died Monday after a 10-month fight with cancer. Snyder, 69, was an assistant at UNLV under John Robinson in 2003 and 2004.

As a head coach, at Utah State, California and Arizona State, Snyder was 126-106-5 in 20 seasons. At ASU, he led the Sun Devils to an 11-0 regular-season record in 1996, which culminated in a Rose Bowl defeat to Ohio State. Snyder was the consensus national coach of the year that season.