Coaches
Marc Skelton-Head Varsity
Coach Skelton is entering his 30th season as a member of the snider baseball program. He was an assistant coach for the first 22 years before taking over as head coach in 2012. Coach Skelton graduated from Snider H.S. in 1985 where he was a three year letter winner in both football and baseball. He currently teaches Science at Blackhawk Middle School.
Bruce Meyer-Assistant Varsity
Bruce Meyer enters his 30th season as an assistant coach for Snider Baseball. Coach Meyer graduated from Snider in 1985 where he was a 3 year letter winner in baseball and 2 year letter winner in football. Coach Meyer teaches Physical Education at Blackhawk Middle School where he has been the Head Football coach for 27 seasons. Bruce has been married to Donna for 23 years and together they have a daughter Nikolena. Nikolena is currently a Freshman at the University of Indianapolis.
Josh Clinkenbeard-Hitters
Josh Clinkenbeard enters his 11th year coaching for the Panthers. Coach Clink Graduated from Snider in 1999 where he was a 2 year letter winner in baseball and 3 year letter winner in football. He went on to graduate from Butler University with a B.S. in Biology and was also a baseball walk on playing first base his junior and senior year. Josh is married to Krisanne and they have 3 children, Olivia, Jase and Hayes. Coach Clinkenbeard teaches 8th Grade Science at Carroll Middle School where he formerly coached football for 11 years.
Rob Hale-Pitchers
Rob Hale enters his 7th year coaching baseball at Snider. Rob graduated from Snider in 1994. Coach Hale takes care of the pitchers and serves as the assistant groundskeeper at Hawley Field during the summer. Rob spent 7 years coaching baseball at Wayne High School before returning to the Snider. Coach Hale holds a Masters degree in Physical Education with a Specialization in Coaching from Ball State University. Coach Hale teaches Visual Arts at Snider as well. He is married to Jennifer and together they have 2 sons, Parker and Braeden. Parker is currently playing baseball for Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois and Braeden plays tennis and baseball at Snider.
Payton Bieker-Outfield/Catchers
Tim McCrady-Head Junior Varsity
Tim McCrady enters his 5th year coaching baseball at Snider High School. Coach McCrady graduated from Snider H.S. in 1983 where he was a 3 year varsity letter winner in both football and baseball. He is currently employed at Parkview Health. He is married to Katie and they have three children, Nick, Loren and Drew. All attended Snider High School. Coach McCrady has 17 years travel baseball experience, coaching the Summit City Cougars 2000 – 2009 and Fort Wayne Rockets 2009 - 2017.
Brandon Phelps-Assistant Junior Varsity
Brandon Phelps enters his 1st year of coaching for the Panthers. Coach Phelps graduated from Snider in 2013 where he was a 4 year letter winner in baseball and a 2 year letter winner in football. He went on to graduate from IPFW with a B.S. in Elementary Education and was a pitcher for the Mastodons from 2013 – 2018. Coach Phelps teaches special education at South Wayne Elementary. Coach Phelps also completed his 1st year of coaching football for the Panthers. He coaches the quarterback position.
Eric Cirillo Assistant-Junior Varsity
Eric Cirillo is entering his first year of coaching Snider Baseball as well as Football. He Graduated from Snider in 2015, lettering in Baseball 2 years and lettering in football 3 years. Eric works as a Sprinkler Fitter for Shambaugh and Sons.