Yvonne Sanchez Explained

Yvonne Sanchez
Current Title:Assistant coach
Current Team:Arizona State
Current Conference:Pac-12
Birth Date:5 December 1967
Birth Place:Los Alamos, New Mexico
Player Years1:1985–1989
Player Team1:United States International
Coach Years1:1993–1999
Coach Team1:New Mexico State (asst.)
Coach Years2:1999–2000
Coach Team2:San Diego State (asst.)
Coach Years3:2000–2011
Coach Team3:New Mexico (asst.)
Coach Years4:2011–2016
Coach Team4:New Mexico
Coach Years5:2018–2021
Coach Team5:Michigan (asst.)
Coach Years6:2021–present
Coach Team6:Arizona State (asst.)
Awards:2015 Mountain West Coach of the Year

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.

Career

From 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yvonne Sanchez Named Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of New Mexico. GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. April 22, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110429183252/http://www.golobos.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042211aah.html. April 29, 2011. January 3, 2020. live.
  2. Web site: Yvonne Sanchez. University of New Mexico Athletics . 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130157/http://www.golobos.com/coaches.aspx?rc=50&path=wbball. March 4, 2016. live.
  3. Web site: Yvonne Sanchez describes being fired as ‘mind boggling’. Chester. Jared. KRQE News 13. 2016-03-27.
  4. Web site: Yvonne Sanchez enjoys classroom job, but might coach again. Sickenger, Ken. Albuquerque Journal. May 25, 2016. August 20, 2017.
  5. Web site: Ex-Lobo women’s basketball coach to volunteer at Eldorado. Sickenger, Ken. Albuquerque Journal. June 30, 2016. August 20, 2017.
  6. Web site: Sanchez Named Women's Basketball Assistant Coach. MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. July 2, 2018. July 3, 2018.
  7. Web site: Yvonne Sanchez named @SunDevilWBB assistant coach. Arizona State University. April 29, 2021. January 16, 2022.