Draft:Marty Snider

Marty Snider
Marty Snider
Born	Gurney Morris Snider, Jr.; July 15, 1969 (age 55)
	Sports commentary career
Genre	pit reporter
Sport	NASCAR
Employer	NBC (2015–present)

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Gurney Morris "Marty" Snider, Jr. (born July 15, 1969) is an American sportscaster, currently working for NBC. On air, Snider is known for his jovial nature and has been critically acclaimed for his interviewing skills.

Early career

Snider worked as a sports reporter for WYFF, the NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C. from 1993 to 1994 and WGHP in High Point, N.C. from 1991 to 1993. He began working for WGHP as an intern and was hired as a sports reporter and was on the air while he was finishing his senior year of college.

From 1994 to 1997, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for ESPN's NASCAR Today.

Snider was CNNSI's NASCAR reporter from 1998 to 2002, filing regular reports from every NASCAR event.

From 1995 to 2000, Snider worked as a pit reporter for the Motor Racing Network's (MRN) NASCAR radio broadcasts.

NBC Sports

Snider served as a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC from 1999 to 2006. In 2006, Snider was a part of the Emmy award winning NBC/TNT NASCAR team that claimed the 2006 "Outstanding Live Sports Series" Emmy. All told, Snider has been a part of eight national Emmy Award winning broadcast teams.

He has been a reporter for NBC's NFL Pre-Game show Football Night in America, NBC's Rugby 7's coverage, the US Army All-American Bowl, NBCSN's College Basketball, PBR, and host of the North American International Auto Show on NBC Sports.

In 2008, Snider joined the NBC Olympic team in Beijing, China as a reporter for their coverage of Cycling and triathlon, BMX, canoe slalom, softball and also the closing ceremony.

In 2014, Snider was tapped to be a reporter for the NBCSN show NASCAR America. Snider will also serve as pit reporter for NBC Sports coverage of Indycar and NASCAR races starting in 2015.

Turner Sports

Snider was a pit reporter for NASCAR on TNT. He has been a part of Turner Sports' NASCAR coverage since 1998. Snider was awarded "Pit Reporter of the Year" in 2007 by NASCAR.com's Fan Vote contest where race fans vote annually for their favorite personalities in NASCAR. Snider also appears during practice and qualifying session on Speed (2001-2013)/Fox Sports 1 (2014).

For Turner Sports, Snider worked also as a part of the TNT NBA team where he served as a sideline reporter during the regular season and playoffs from 2007-2013, working with the teams of Marv Albert and Steve Kerr as well as Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller.

Since 2004, Snider has appeared each Tuesday on WFNZ in Charlotte on the Mac Attack with Chris Mcclain. He is often maligned for his stance on the Duke/North Carolina rivalry in which he roots for both teams. He is also a regular on the nationally syndicated Mancow radio show.

CBS Sports

Snider also served as sideline reporter for CBS Sport for their SEC on CBS college football coverage. Snider also served for years as a sideline reporter for the NCAA Tournament for both CBS Sports and Turner Sports.

Personal life

Snider was raised in High Point, NC, where at the age of 10 he was introduced to racing by his cousin and occasional NASCAR Cup Series driver Jay Hedgecock. He remembers spending time with Hedgecock, Jeff Burton, Kyle Petty and Phil Parsons during his summers. "I would hang out in the garage, hand them wrenches and generally just get in the way," Snider said. "I remember hanging around from the time I was 10 to the time I was about fifteen years old. I would follow those guys around to all the races I could – I think that's when I really fell in love with racing."

Snider earned a degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

In addition to his on-air duties, Snider has owned MSA (Marty Snider & Associates) since 1994. MS&A serves as a video production company for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. MSA has ten full-time employees.

His son Myatt Snider currently drives in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for SS-Green Light Racing.

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