Dana Schneider joined the Nazareth rugby staff as an assistant coach in the 2022-23 season. She served as the interim head coach for Nazareth for over year and a half before Andrew Spencer took over the duties.
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Schneider has an extensive rugby background, playing 34 years, including 31 at the WPL Elite level, before retiring in 2016.
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She began coaching in 2008 and is a level 300.
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Prior to Nazareth, Schneider was the Clemson women's rugby head coach, guiding the Tigers to an undefeated record in league play and finishing 9th at CRCs in Division 1 Premiere 2022.
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Schneider also previously was the head rugby coach at Hobart, an assistant coach at the University at Buffalo, along with holding a head coach position for the Rochester Renegades.
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In 2020, Schneider was 1 of 26 American coaches awarded a Premiership Rugby Scholarship by Premiership Rugby, Friends of the British Council, and USA Rugby.
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She has also served as secretary for the Upstate Small College Rugby Conference (National Collegiate Rugby Men).
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In 2024, she shadowed Harlequins Rugby in England.
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Schneider, a 1986 graduate of Binghamton University, is also a certified referee.
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