July 8, 2014
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By Brian Ormiston
UCFKnights.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) - UCF Athletics has announced the promotion of Tom Snyder to the position of associate athletics director for facilities and event operations. He first started at UCF Athletics in April 2003, and was previously the assistant athletics director for facilities and event operations since 2009.
Snyder replaces Joe Simon, who accepted an assistant athletics director position at Clemson.
Snyder will be the lead in the day-to-day supervision of the facilities, sports turf and grounds and event operations departments. His unit is also responsible for supervising the maintenance, scheduling, rental and daily housekeeping of all athletic facilities. In his current role Snyder serves as the athletic department contact with various UCF departments which include the police department, physical plant, facilities planning, parking and environmental health and safety.
Named the City of Orlando Sports Employee of the Year in 2011 by the Central Florida Sports Commission, Snyder has been responsible for logistics, operations and customer service initiatives for over 250 UCF Athletics events annually. He has had direct oversight of the game administration staff scheduling and training that included facility standards, emergency management protocols and event reviews. Serving as the gameday manager for UCF football and UCF men's basketball, Snyder handled facility operations, credentialing, security staffing and TV network logistics for each of the department's athletic programs.
As the liaison to UCF Athletics event-day partners including ticket sales and operations, equipment, video services, communications, sports marketing, stadium concessions, parking services and custodial services, Snyder managed the day-to-day scheduling of UCF Athletics teams' practices and competition dates. He has been appointed as tournament director for NCAA postseason events as the Knights have hosted NCAA women's and men's first round matches, along with the 2014 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship and several Conference USA Championships.
Since 2010, Snyder has consulted as director of game operations for the Battle 4 Atlantis Men's Basketball Tournament held each Thanksgiving holiday week at the Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas. He is now involved in game-day operations for the inaugural Bahamas Bowl football game to be played Dec. 24, 2014, at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, featuring teams from Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference.
Snyder, from DeLand, Florida, received his bachelor of arts degree in 1990 from Stetson University with a minor in communication arts. He previously served as owner communications manager for Marriott Vacation Club International, as assistant commissioner of the Atlantic Sun Conference and as associate sports information director and intramurals coordinator at Stetson. Snyder resides in East Orlando with his wife Annabelle and daughter Lili, age 12.