TROY, NY - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and C. Lloyd Bauer '55 Endowed Men's Varsity Ice Hockey Coach Eric Lang have announced that Cory Schneider will be joining the RPI bench as an assistant coach ahead of the 2025-26 season.

Schneider arrives in Troy following three seasons at Clarkson University, where he was a integral part of the Golden Knights' coaching staff, including key roles in recruiting, player development, and power play management. Schneider's power play units have ranked top-10 nationally three times in the past five seasons. (2024-25 at Clarkson - tied for 6th in the country (25.7%), 2021-22 at AIC - 5th in the country (25.9%), 2020-21 at AIC - 8th in the country (23.6%).

Prior to his time at Clarkson, Schneider spent three seasons alongside Lang at American International College (AIC), where he helped the Yellow Jackets claim three consecutive Atlantic Hockey Championships.

"Cory is one of the brightest and most promising young coaches in college hockey, renowned for his exceptional recruiting skills and relentless work ethic," said Coach Lang. "With a proven championship pedigree, he understands what it takes to build a winning, championship-caliber team. We are ecstatic he is part of our RPI family, we are lucky to have him on board."

From 2017 to 2019, Schneider served as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. During his tenure, the Beacons won the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) regular season title and earned the program's first-ever berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the Wentworth Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2017.

A four-year member of the Ohio State men's hockey program, Schneider appeared in 112 games for the Buckeyes from 2008 to 2012. He was a team captain as a senior and was recognized as a three-time Big Ten All-Academic honoree. He earned the conference's Sportsmanship Award in 2011 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

Schneider also played professionally in the ECHL with the Fort Wayne Komets and Cincinnati Cyclones, and in the CHL with the Fort Worth Brahmas.