| Joel Sanchez | |
| Current Title: | Pitching coach |
| Current Team: | Jackson State |
| Current Conference: | SWAC |
| Player Years1: | 1994–1995 |
| Player Team1: | NMJC |
| Player Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Player Team2: | New Mexico State |
| Player Positions: | P, SS |
| Coach Years1: | 2001–2008 |
| Coach Team1: | Bethune-Cookman (P) |
| Coach Years2: | 2009 |
| Coach Team2: | Vermont Lake Monsters (P) |
| Coach Years3: | 2010 |
| Coach Team3: | GCL Nationals (P) |
| Coach Years4: | 2011 |
| Coach Team4: | Daytona State (P) |
| Coach Years5: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team5: | North Carolina A&T |
| Coach Years6: | 2015–2019 |
| Coach Team6: | Daytona State (P) |
| Coach Years7: | 2020–present |
| Coach Team7: | Jackson State (P) |
| Overall Record: | 53–106 |
| Tournament Record: | MEAC: 3–4 |
Joel Sanchez is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher and shortstop. He is the pitching coach at Jackson State University. Sanchez played two seasons at NMJC, followed by two seasons at New Mexico State. He then played three seasons with Ciudad Juárez of the Mexican League. In 2001, he became an assistant coach with Bethune-Cookman. He spent eight seasons with the Wildcats, during which they won seven Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships and made seven NCAA Regional appearances. Sanchez served as recruiting coordinator and pitching coach, and saw fifteen of his players (plus three more than he recruited) drafted. He then spent one season each as pitching coach with the Vermont Lake Monsters and Gulf Coast League Nationals of the Washington Nationals organization. Sanchez next spent one season as an assistant with NJCAA Daytona State. Before moving to North Carolina A&T. He was named head coach at North Carolina A&T prior to the 2012 season.[1] [2] [3]