SNELSON FAMILY BILLIE, ANDY AND JOHN JOHN SNELSON –FOOTBALL,/BASEBALL MEMORIAL FOOTBALL COACH

John Snelson’s Pasadena roots run deep.

He graduated from Sam Rayburn High School with an impressive high school football resume. Coached under Charlie Lyles, John became one of the football program’s top players, starting three years.

A four-year letterman in baseball, John was also a member of Rayburn’s 1985 baseball team that played for the Class 5A state championship under head coach Al Campo.

From the gridiron to the sidelines, John channeled his experiences as a standout athlete into his coaching. He joined the Memorial Mavs’ coaching staff as the team’s defensive coordinator during the football program’s inaugural year in 2003. In 2006, Tom Ed Gooden stepped down from his head coaching position at Memorial and John filled in. With John at the helm, Pasadena Memorial’s football program was the first to advance to the third round of the playoffs for a district title since the 1960s in 2007, falling to Katy in the Class 5A Division II regional semi-finals. Memorial won their first district championship in 2009, going 6-1 in district 22-5A after winning against Pearland and La Porte.

In 2012, John joined the Dickinson Gators football program as head coach, where he’s tallied some of the most wins in Gator history.