James E. Snyder (June 29, 1919 – April 27, 1994)[1] was a college basketball head coach and former player.

He attended Ohio University where he played basketball under head coach Dutch Trautwein.

[2] After Trautwein's retirement he became the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team where he remained for 26 years (1949–1974).

[3] He was also an Ohio graduate (Class of 1941), and was a football and basketball star as an undergraduate in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

[5][6] One of his most memorable wins came against the University of Kentucky in the 1964 NCAA tournament, advancing the Ohio Bobcats to the Elite 8.