Presented by:
SNELSON FAMILY BILLIE, ANDY AND JOHN
JOHN SNELSON –
FOOTBALL,/BASEBALL MEMORIAL FOOTBALL COACH John Snelson’s Pasadena roots run deep.
team’s defensive coordinator during the football program’s inaugural year in
He graduated from Sam Rayburn High
2003. In 2006, Tom Ed Gooden stepped
School with an impressive high school
down from his head coaching position at
football resume. Coached under Charlie
Memorial and John filled in. With John at
Lyles, John became one of the football
the helm, Pasadena Memorial’s football
program’s top players, starting three
program was the first to advance to the
years.
third round of the playoffs for a district title since the 1960s in 2007, falling to
A four-year letterman in baseball, John
Katy in the Class 5A Division II regional
was also a member of Rayburn’s 1985
semi-finals. Memorial won their first
baseball team that played for the Class
district championship in 2009, going
5A state championship under head
6-1 in district 22-5A after winning
coach Al Campo.
against Pearland and La Porte.
From the gridiron to the sidelines, John
In 2012, John joined the Dickinson
channeled his experiences as a standout
Gators football program as head coach,
athlete into his coaching. He joined the
where he’s tallied some of the most
Memorial Mavs’ coaching staff as the
wins in Gator history.
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