Snavely was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.

[1] From 1927 to 1933, Snavely served as the head football coach at Bucknell, where he compiled a 42–16–8 record.

From 1934 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1952, he served as the head football coach at North Carolina, where he compiled a 59–35–5 record.

From 1936 to 1944, he served as the head football coach at Cornell, where he compiled a 46–26–3 record.

He was a 1915 graduate of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, where he played four years on the football team.