Curtis Snyder

Curtis Snyder has been part of CU athletics for all but five years since 1994. He was named Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Communications in November 2023 after serving as interim department head starting that January. He oversees department-wide communications, works directly with football, skiing and women's tennis, and since 2025 has been sport supervisor for CU's 21-time national champion ski program.

Snyder rose through the office from student assistant (1994-98) to Assistant AD for Sports Information (2018-22), including roles leading CU's digital strategy and marketing. He helped build CU's first athletics website in 1996, became one of the first full-time website managers in college athletics in 1999, established the CUBuffs brand and cubuffs.com, and launched the department's social media channels and digital content unit.

He co-directed the 2016, 2018 and 2024 NCAA Skiing Championships in Steamboat Springs, has been RMISA's webmaster and official scorer since 2008, and has scored most NCAA Skiing Championships since 2012, adding a media and technology role in 2025.

From 2003-08, he directed Internet operations at Duke, managing GoDuke.com and building the nation's most comprehensive database for Duke men's basketball, which he still helps maintain. He traveled with the Blue Devils to two ACC titles and the 2004 Final Four, and with the women's team to the 2006 Final Four.

His honors include CU Staff Member of the Year and CSC's Changemaker Innovation Award for his live ski scoring system (2024), CSC's 25-Year Award (2023) and an Honorary C (2014). He has also been part of a staff that has won nine FWAA Super 11 Awards.