Yvonne Marie Sanchez (born December 5, 1967)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant women's basketball coach at Arizona State.
 Yvonne Sanchez in 2016. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Arizona State |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 5, 1967 Los Alamos, New Mexico |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1989 | United States International |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1999 | New Mexico State (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | San Diego State (asst.) |
| 2000–2011 | New Mexico (asst.) |
| 2011–2016 | New Mexico |
| 2018–2021 | Michigan (asst.) |
| 2021–present | Arizona State (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 77–81 (.487) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2015 Mountain West Coach of the Year | |
Career
editFrom 2011 to 2016, Sanchez was head coach at New Mexico.[2][3]
After leaving New Mexico, Sanchez returned to her alma mater Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, initially as an educational assistant for students who have autism.[4] In June 2016, she became a volunteer assistant boys' basketball coach at Eldorado High on the staff of her brother Roy Sanchez.[5]
On July 2, 2018, Sanchez joined the staff of Kim Barnes Arico at Michigan as an assistant coach.[6] On April 29, 2021, Sanchez left Michigan to become an assistant coach at Arizona State under Charli Turner Thorne.[7]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West Conference) (2011–2016) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | New Mexico | 11–20 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2012–13 | New Mexico | 17–14 | 8–8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2013–14 | New Mexico | 11–19 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2014–15 | New Mexico | 21–13 | 14–4 | 2nd | WBI Second Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | New Mexico | 17–15 | 9–9 | 5th | WBI First Round | ||||
| New Mexico: | 77–81 (.487) | 40–44 (.476) | |||||||
| Total: | 77–81 (.487) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Yvonne Sanchez Named Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of New Mexico". GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. April 22, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Yvonne Sanchez". University of New Mexico Athletics. 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Chester, Jared. "Yvonne Sanchez describes being fired as 'mind boggling'". KRQE News 13. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ^ Sickenger, Ken (May 25, 2016). "Yvonne Sanchez enjoys classroom job, but might coach again". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
- ^ Sickenger, Ken (June 30, 2016). "Ex-Lobo women's basketball coach to volunteer at Eldorado". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
- ^ "Sanchez Named Women's Basketball Assistant Coach". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ "Yvonne Sanchez named @SunDevilWBB assistant coach". Arizona State University. April 29, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
