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The 2009 season marks Brian Snitkers third as the Clubs third base coach and his seventh overall
in three stints on the Braves major league coaching staff. His two previous stints with the major
league staff came as bullpen coach in 1985 and again from 1988 to 1990.
Snitker managed at Triple-A Richmond in 2006 after spending four seasons as the skipper of the
clubs Double-A affiliate in Greenville (2002-04) and Mississippi (2005).
Snitker, 53, joined the organization as a player in 1977 and has been with the Braves in a variety
of roles ever since. The former catcher spent four seasons as a player. He retired at the conclusion of
the 1980 season and began his coaching career as a roving instructor for the Braves in 1981. Snitker
took his first managerial job in 1982, with Anderson of the South Atlantic League.
Following a three-year stint with the major league club, he returned to minor league coaching in
1991 and moved back into managing in 1992 with Macon. He coached in the Atlanta system from
1993 to 95, and again served as a minor league manager from 1996 to 2006.
In his 17 seasons as a manager, he compiled an overall record of 1,140-1,145 (.499). Five of his
clubs advanced to postseason play, and he won two league championships (back-to-back titles with
Myrtle Beach in 1999-2000) and two league Manager of the Year Awards (also in the Carolina
League in 1999-2000).
An Illinois native, Snitker played college baseball at the University of New Orleans before signing
with the Braves as a non-drafted free agent in 1977. Snitker and his wife Veronica reside in
Lilburn, Ga., with their children, Erin and Troy.
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