Bio

Charlie Snelson was named the Director of Athletic Communication at Michigan Tech in September 2020. Snelson currently serves as the primary media contact for football, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's tennis. In his first year, he also managed men's and women's cross country, women's soccer, and track & field. He also assists in the promotion of Michigan Tech Recreation, the Outdoor Adventure Program, and intramurals and can be heard calling play-by-play for MTU basketball and football. He is on the voting committee for the CoSIDA Division II women's basketball midwest region rankings poll.

Snelson came to Tech from Montana State University Billings, where he served one year as Interim Director of Communications in 2019-20 and Assistant Director of Communications in 2018-19. There, he was responsible for the coverage of MSUB’s 16 NCAA Division II varsity sports and helped manage the athletic department’s web presence, social media footprint, and relations with external media.

While at MSUB, Snelson covered men’s and women’s basketball at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament, managed the sports information hub for the NCAA Division II West Region Cross Country Championships, and oversaw statistics and staff for 53 softball games at the Desert Stinger Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. He won the 2020 District 7 CoSIDA Fred E. Stabley Writing Contest in the category for Social Justice/Diversity & Inclusion for his feature story entitled: Anne Lory Chevalier Seizes Opportunities to Succeed.

Snelson completed his master’s degree in Sport Administration at University of Northern Colorado in 2018, where he also worked as a sports information graduate assistant for two years. In his role, Snelson was the primary contact for women’s soccer, men’s tennis, and women’s tennis. He also assisted with broadcasting and official scoring for baseball, football, men’s and women’s basketball, and volleyball.

In 2017, Snelson spent one season as play-by-play broadcaster for the Mankato MoonDogs, a member of the Northwoods Summer Collegiate Baseball League. He has also held the titles of ballpark sound engineer (2015), media relations intern (2014), and official scorer (2013).

Snelson completed his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2016. He grew up in Mankato, Minnesota, where his first "job" in sports was as a batboy for five summers.