# Carl Snavely

Carl Gray "The Grey Fox" Snavely (July 30, 1894 – July 12, 1975) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bucknell University (1927–1933), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1934–1935, 1945–1952), Cornell University (1936–1944), and Washington University in St. Louis (1953–1958), compiling a career college football record of 180–96–16. Snavely was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.
Snavley was the head football coach at Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania from 1922 to 1926, tallying a mark of 40–2–3 in five seasons. 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. He was a proponent of the single wing offense. 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. He was a 1976 inductee into their athletic Hall of Fame.

## Head coaching record
### College football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP$^#$ |
| Bucknell (Independent) (1927–1933) |||||||
| 1927 | Bucknell | 6–3–1 | | | | |
| 1928 | Bucknell | 5–2–3 | | | | |
| 1929 | Bucknell | 8–2 | | | | |
| 1930 | Bucknell | 6–3 | | | | |
| 1931 | Bucknell | 6–0–3 | | | | |
| 1932 | Bucknell | 4–4–1 | | | | |
| 1933 | Bucknell | 7–2 | | | | |
| Bucknell: | Bucknell: | 42–16–8 | | | | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1934–1935) |||||||
| 1934 | North Carolina | 7–1–1 | 2–0–1 | 2nd | | |
| 1935 | North Carolina | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | | |
| Cornell Big Red (Independent) (1936–1944) |||||||
| 1936 | Cornell | 3–5 | | | | |
| 1937 | Cornell | 5–2–1 | | | | |
| 1938 | Cornell | 5–1–1 | | | | 12 |
| 1939 | Cornell | 8–0 | | | | 4 |
| 1940 | Cornell | 6–2 | | | | 15 |
| 1941 | Cornell | 5–3 | | | | |
| 1942 | Cornell | 3–5–1 | | | | |
| 1943 | Cornell | 6–4 | | | | |
| 1944 | Cornell | 5–4 | | | | |
| Cornell: | Cornell: | 46–26–3 | | | | |
| North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1945–1952) |||||||
| 1945 | North Carolina | 5–5 | 2–2 | 7th | | |
| 1946 | North Carolina | 8–2–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | L Sugar | 9 |
| 1947 | North Carolina | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | | 9 |
| 1948 | North Carolina | 9–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 2nd | L Sugar | 3 |
| 1949 | North Carolina | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | L Cotton | 16 |
| 1950 | North Carolina | 3–5–2 | 3–2–1 | 2nd | | |
| 1951 | North Carolina | 2–8 | 2–3 | T–10th | | |
| 1952 | North Carolina | 2–6 | 1–2 | T–9th | | |
| North Carolina: | North Carolina: | 59–35–5 | 25–21–4 | | | |
| Washington University Bears (Independent) (1953–1958) |||||||
| 1953 | Washington University | 7–2 | | | | |
| 1954 | Washington University | 6–3 | | | | |
| 1955 | Washington University | 5–4 | | | | |
| 1956 | Washington University | 6–3 | | | | |
| 1957 | Washington University | 5–3 | | | | |
| 1958 | Washington University | 4–4 | | | | |
| Washington University: | Washington University: | 33–19 | | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 180–96–16 | | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth |||||||
| $^#$Rankings from final AP Poll. |||||||