He is currently the senior coach of the Lavington Panthers in the Ovens and Murray Football Netball League Originally from the small town of Osborne, Schneider spent most of his teenage years at St Francis de Sales Regional College in Leeton before attending Kooringal High School and Trinity Senior High School in Wagga Wagga where he decided to pursue Australian rules football after also excelling in cricket.

Through the pre-season and practice matches he was in great form and earned his senior AFL debut.

He went on to play for the Swans in the grand final and scored Sydney's second goal of the match, and was an important and variable player.

[3][4] He then made his premiership debut for the Saints against his old side Sydney, kicking a goal in a two-point victory.

[5] Schneider played in 21 of 22 matches in the 2009 AFL season in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club's third minor premiership.

Following the Grand Final replay, Schneider was suspended for the first two matches of the 2011 season for an incident involving Collingwood's Brent Macaffer in the third quarter.