For the second straight year, Rochester High School has hired an assistant from Black Hills High School. This time, it is Defensive Coordinator Eric Snelson as its new football coach.
Snelson had been the Wolves' Defensive Coordinator and also coached linebackers for Coach Jack Zilla, who resigned at Black Hills after 15 seasons in February. Snelson replaces Chris Barnes, a former Black Hills assistant under Zilla, who resigned after one season at Rochester. Several former Black Hills assistants, including Zilla, are on Snelson's new coaching staff at Rochester.
Snelson is Rochester's seventh coach since the departure of Bob Wollan, now at WF West High School, in 2002 and the fourth coach since 2010. After Paul Christensen stepped down following the 2010 season, Tom Griggs, and Barnes each coached for one year in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Last fall, under Barnes, the Warriors went 2-7.
Snelson, who also teaches math, played tight end for Stanford, where he was All Pac-10 honorable mention player in 1987. He also played linebacker briefly for the Los Angeles Raiders (1988 and 1989.
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