Ron Sanchez

Ron Sanchez
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Charlotte
Conference Conference USA
Record 0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Playing career
1993–1996 SUNY Oneonta
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999 SUNY Oneonta (asst.)
1999–2001 SUNY Delhi (asst.)
2001–2003 Indiana (asst.)
2003–2009 Washington State (asst.)
2009–2018 Virginia (asst.)
2018–present Charlotte
Head coaching record
Overall 0–0 (–)

Ron Sanchez is a Dominican college basketball coach and current head coach for the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team.[1][2]

Playing career

Sanchez played collegiately at SUNY Oneonta where he was a two-time SUNYAC all-conference selection, and SUNYAC Player of the Year for the 1995-96 season. He was inducted into the Red Dragons' athletic hall of fame in 2007.[3]

Coaching career

After graduation, Sanchez assisted his alma mater for three seasons, before taking an assistant coaching position at SUNY Delhi from 1999 to 2001. While completing his master's degree studies, Sanchez served as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana under Mike Davis and was on staff during the Hoosiers' national runner-up season in 2002.[4][5]

After Indiana, Sanchez joined Dick Bennett's staff at Washington State as director of basketball operations, and was elevated to assistant coach when Tony Bennett took over the helm of the Cougars, where he was a part of the team's 2007-08 Sweet 16 squad. Sanchez followed Bennett to Virginia, served as assistant coach from 2009 to 2018, and was part of three ACC regular season championship seasons, two ACC Tournament championships, and six NCAA tournament teams including an Elite Eight run in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

On March 19, 2018, Sanchez was named the 11th head coach in Charlotte men's basketball history.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (2018–present)
2018–19 Charlotte 0–00–0
Charlotte: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:0–0 (–)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "49ers Announce Ron Sanchez as Men's Basketball Coach - Charlotte". Charlotte.
  2. ↑ "Charlotte 49ers find next basketball coach on bench of No. 1 NCAA seed".
  3. ↑ "Ron Sanchez (2007) - Hall of Fame - SUNY Oneonta". www.oneontaathletics.com.
  4. ↑ "Ron Sanchez Profile - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site". wsucougars.com.
  5. ↑ "Ron Sanchez Bio - VirginiaSports.com - University of Virginia Official Athletics Website - UVA Cavaliers Men's Basketball".


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