Brian Snitker

ABOUT BRIAN SNITKER

Baseball coach who became the manager of the Atlanta Braves in 2016. He was named NL Manager of the Year in 2018 and he led the Braves to a World Series title in 2021.

He attended the University of New Orleans . He played in the Atlanta Braves minor league team from 1977 to 1980.

In 1982, he became the minor league manager of the Anderson Braves. He was the Braves' third-base coach from 2007 to 2013.

He is married to a woman named Veronica and they have two children. His son Troy was drafted by the Braves as a player before he retired and became a coach for the Houston Astros .

He replaced the Braves coach Fredi González in 2016.