Tony Sanchez (American football)
Sanchez at 2016 Mountain West Media Days
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UNLV |
| Conference | MW |
| Record | 7–17 |
| Annual salary | $428,433.16 (2016) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 25, 1974 Travis Air Force Base Fairfield, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Mexico State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1993 | Laney |
| 1994–1995 | New Mexico State |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | New Mexico State (SA) |
| 1998 | Las Cruces (NM) Onate HS (WR) |
| 2000 | El Paso (TX) Irvin HS (WR) |
| 2001–2002 | Las Cruces (NM) Onate HS (DB) |
| 2003 | Las Cruces (NM) Onate HS (DC/DB) |
| 2004–2008 | San Ramon (CA) California HS |
| 2009–2014 | Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman HS |
| 2015–present | UNLV |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–17 (college) 120–26 (high school) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 6× Nevada 4A state champions | |
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.
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.
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.
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