Ernest Hobson "Hobbie" Snead (c. 1899 - August 16, 1965) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia from 1923 to 1924. Snead played college football at the University of Richmond, where he was a starting fullback in 1919. At Richmond, he also lettered in basketball and baseball and was captain of the baseball team in 1923. In 1931, Snead was hired as coach at John Marshall High School in Richmond, Virginia after coaching at C. H. Friend High School in South Boston, Virginia for four years.
A native of Fork Union, Virginia, Snead later worked as an inspector for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He died at the age of 66, on August 16, 1965, at hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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