Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder will retire after this season. The announcement was first reported by The Associated Press and ESPN, and confirmed by the school Tuesday.

“Bill Snyder is an obvious hall of fame coach,” ISU coach Dan McCarney said in a statement Tuesday. “His accomplishments speak louder than words. But more importantly, he is a hall of fame person. He has brought the highest standard of integrity and work ethic to every place he has been. It was an honor to coach with him and against him.”

McCarney and Snyder were assistant coaches together at Iowa under former Hawkeye coach Hayden Fry.

This is Snyder’s 17th season with Kansas State, and he has taken the Wildcats from laughingstock to national power. He took them to 11 consecutive bowl games from 1993 to 2003 and had seven seasons with at least 10 wins during that same time.

Snyder was set to lead the Wildcats to a national championship in 1998, before they lost to Texas A&M in the Big 12 Championship game. Kansas State went 8-0 in the Big 12 and was 11-0 overall before being beaten by the Aggies, 36-33.