Sport(s) Football Position(s) Wide receiver Titles Head coach Record 3–9 1996 New Mexico State (SA) Team UNLV Rebels football | 1992-1993 Laney CC Name Tony Sanchez 1994-1995 New Mexico State Role Football coach | |
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Born January 25, 1974 (age 50)
Travis AFB, California ( 1974-01-25 ) Alma mater New Mexico State University Past teams coached UNLV Rebels football (Head coach, since 2014) Profiles | ||
Conference Mountain West Conference | ||
Interview with football coach tony sanchez
Anthony Phillip Sanchez (born January 25, 1974) is the head coach of the UNLV Rebels. Sanchez was hired by the Rebels on December 8, 2014. He was previously the head football coach at Bishop Gorman High School.
Contents
- Interview with football coach tony sanchez
- New unlv head football coach tony sanchez
- Early life and college playing career
- Coaching career
- Personal life
- References
New unlv head football coach tony sanchez
Early life and college playing career
He was born on Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, where his father was stationed. Sanchez graduated from Granada High School in Livermore, California in 1992 and began his college football career as a wide receiver at Laney College, a junior college in nearby Oakland. In 1994, Sanchez transferred to New Mexico State University, where he played two seasons with the New Mexico State Aggies. Sanchez made 54 receptions for 741 yards and 5 touchdowns in his two seasons at NMSU.
Coaching career
Sanchez began his coaching career in 1996 as an undergraduate assistant at New Mexico State; he would eventually complete his bachelor's degree in family and consumer science at NMSU in 1998. After graduating from NMSU, Sanchez spent the 1998 season as wide receivers coach at Onate High School, like NMSU in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 2000, Sanchez became wide receivers coach at Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas. Sanchez returned to Onate High in 2001 to be defensive backs coach. In 2003, Sanchez was promoted to be defensive coordinator in addition to defensive backs coach at the school.
In 2004, Sanchez got his first head coaching position at California High School in San Ramon, California. Sanchez turned around California High "from doormat status to a berth in the North Coast Section finals," according to ESPN.
Sanchez became head coach at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2009 and would be head coach at the school for six seasons. In his tenure as Gorman head coach, Sanchez achieved an 85–5 record and led Gorman to the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association 4A championship every season.
On December 16, 2014, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted unanimously to hire Sanchez as head coach at UNLV.
Personal life
Sanchez is of Puerto Rican and English descent. He is married and has two children. The National Catholic Register describes Sanchez as a "devout Catholic".
