November 22, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Snair as Athletic Director. Ryan brings 20 years of administration and coaching experience to the position.
Ryan returned to Ulster early in 2024 as baseball coach, having spent the previous 14 years at SUNY Sullivan as Coordinator of Field House Operations & Equipment and then Head Men’s Baseball Coach.
Ryan graduated from SUNY Ulster in 1996. A pitcher for Ulster’s baseball team while studying here, he was awarded 1st Team All-Region and 1st Team All-American Honors. He then attended Hofstra University on a full athletic scholarship and St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He then returned to SUNY Ulster, where he started his coaching career as Assistant Men’s Baseball Coach. While at SUNY Ulster, Snair coached the team to the College World Series in 2004.
“We are pleased to have SUNY Ulster alumnus and former student-athlete Ryan Snair named as our Athletic Director as he brings his leadership and experience to assist in positioning SUNY Ulster Athletics as we continue our momentum supporting our student-athletes,” stated President Alison Buckley, Ed.D.
“I am happy and honored to be hired as the new Athletic Director at SUNY Ulster. I’m excited to lead the department and help get great coaches hired so we can field competitive teams in all our sports.”
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