Richard
Snowden was born in Oshawa in 1937 and began
his career as an administrator at Durham College
in 1971. During his lengthy career at Durham
he also spent just as many years as a coach of
Durham's Softball and Curling teams. In
all he guided DC teams to 7 Ontario OCAA Championships
(Men's Curling 1972-73, 1994-95, 1995-96 - Women's
Curling in 1982-83 and Women's Softball in 1982-83,
1983-84, 1984-85).
Richard
holds the distinction of coaching Durham College's
first ever OCAA Champion team leading the 1972-73
Men's Curling team to Gold. In addition,
Snowden coached teams also captured 12 Silver
and Bronze medals.
His dedication
and enthusiasm was evident throughout his lengthy
coaching career at Durham and his hard work helped
develop a large part of the Durham Athletic program
tradition that continues today.
Richard
Snowden was born in Oshawa in 1937 and began
his career as an administrator at Durham College
in 1971. During his lengthy career at Durham
he also spent just as many years as a coach of
Durham's Softball and Curling teams. In
all he guided DC teams to 7 Ontario OCAA Championships
(Men's Curling 1972-73, 1994-95, 1995-96 - Women's
Curling in 1982-83 and Women's Softball in 1982-83,
1983-84, 1984-85).