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.
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]