Ron Sanchez

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| name = Ron Sanchez

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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|51|2024|10|23}}{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=Mike |title=Who is Ron Sanchez? UVA's interim basketball coach eager to continue Tony Bennett's work. |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/10/23/ron-sanchez-is-eager-to-get-started-as-uvas-interim-basketball-coach-i-feel-very-fortunate/ |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=The Virginian-Pilot |date=23 October 2024}}

| birth_place = San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

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| player_years1 = 1993–1996

| player_team1 = SUNY Oneonta

| coach_years1 = 1996–1999

| coach_team1 = SUNY Oneonta (asst.)

| coach_years2 = 1999–2001

| coach_team2 = SUNY Delhi (asst.)

| coach_years3 = 2001–2003

| coach_team3 = Indiana (asst.)

| coach_years4 = 2003–2009

| coach_team4 = Washington State (asst.)

| coach_years5 = 2009–2018

| coach_team5 = Virginia (asst.)

| coach_years6 = 2018–2023

| coach_team6 = Charlotte

| coach_years7 = 2023–2024

| coach_team7 = Virginia (associate HC)

| coach_years8 = 2024–2025

| coach_team8 = Virginia (interim HC)

| overall_record = {{winpct|87|95|record=y}}

| tournament_record = 4–0 (CBI)

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| championships = CBI (2023)

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Ron Sanchez is a college basketball coach who most recently served as the interim head coach for the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team. He was appointed interim head coach in October 2024 following Tony Bennett's surprise retirement.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/virginia-coaching-candidates-ron-sanchez-named-interim-coach-for-2024-25-search-begins-to-replace-bennett/|title=Virginia coaching candidates: Ron Sanchez named interim coach for 2024-25, search begins to replace Bennett|website=cbssports.com|first=Kyle|last=Boone|date=October 18, 2024|access-date=October 22, 2024}}

He previously served as the head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2018 until he resigned following a 22-14 season to rejoin the University of Virginia as assistant head coach on June 6, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.charlotte49ers.com/news/2018/3/19/mens-basketball-49ers-announce-ron-sanchez-as-mens-hoops-coach.aspx|title=49ers Announce Ron Sanchez as Men's Basketball Coach - Charlotte|website=Charlotte|date=19 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article205850739.html|title=Charlotte 49ers find next basketball coach on bench of No. 1 NCAA seed|publisher=}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Sanchez resigns at Charlotte to rejoin UVA staff |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37806741/ron-sanchez-steps-charlotte-rejoin-virginia-staff |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Playing career

Sanchez attended James Monroe High School in the Bronx{{cite news |last1=Doughty |first1=Doug |title=Family ties help shape UVa staff |url=https://roanoke.com/archive/family-ties-help-shape-uva-staff/article_e1bfe7e5-8f73-5769-83df-4b63c5d2fd93.html |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=Roanoke Times |date=24 June 2009 |language=en}} and played collegiately at State University of New York at Oneonta where he was a two-time State University of New York Athletic Conference all-conference selection, and SUNYAC Player of the Year for the 1995–96 season. He was inducted into the Red Dragons' athletic hall of fame in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.oneontaathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=79|title=Ron Sanchez (2007) - Hall of Fame - SUNY Oneonta|website=www.oneontaathletics.com}}

Coaching career

After graduation, Sanchez assisted his alma mater for three seasons, before taking an assistant coaching position at State University of New York at Delhi from 1999 to 2001. While completing his master's degree studies, Sanchez served as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana under Mike Davis and was on staff during the Hoosiers' national runner-up season in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://wsucougars.com/sports/2013/4/18/208185435.aspx|title=Ron Sanchez Profile - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site|website=wsucougars.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sanchez_ron00.html|title=Ron Sanchez Bio - VirginiaSports.com - University of Virginia Official Athletics Website - UVA Cavaliers Men's Basketball|publisher=}}

After Indiana, Sanchez joined Dick Bennett's staff at Washington State as director of basketball operations, and was elevated to assistant coach when Tony Bennett took over the helm of the Cougars, where he was a part of the team's 2007-08 Sweet 16 squad. Sanchez followed Bennett to Virginia, served as assistant coach from 2009 to 2018, and was part of three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season championship seasons, two ACC tournament championships, and six NCAA tournament teams including an Elite Eight run in the 2016 NCAA tournament.

On March 19, 2018, Sanchez was named the 11th head coach in Charlotte men's basketball history. On June 6, 2023, he resigned after winning the CBI Championship in a 22–14 season and rejoined Bennett's staff at Virginia as associate head coach.{{cite web | url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2023/06/06/sanchez-returning-to-virginia-as-associate-head-coach/ | title=Sanchez Returning to Virginia as Associate Head Coach | date=6 June 2023}}

On October 18, 2024, Bennett unexpectedly announced his retirement from UVA and Sanchez was elevated to interim head coach for the season.

He was not retained following the conclusion of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44225482/interim-coach-ron-sanchez-virginia-season-ending-loss|title=Interim coach Ron Sanchez out at Virginia after season-ending loss|date=12 March 2025}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Charlotte 49ers

| conference=Conference USA

| startyear =2018

| endyear =2023

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2018–19

| name= Charlotte

| overall= 8–21

| conference= 5–13

| confstanding= 13th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season= 2019–20

| name= Charlotte

| overall= 16–13

| conference= 10–8

| confstanding= 4th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season= 2020–21

| name= Charlotte

| overall= 9–16

| conference= 5–11

| confstanding= 11th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season= 2021–22

| name= Charlotte

| overall= 17–14

| conference= 10–8

| confstanding= 8th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=postseason

| season= 2022–23

| name= Charlotte

| overall= 22–14

| conference= 9–11

| confstanding= 5th

| postseason= CBI Champion

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| name = Charlotte

| overall = {{winpct|72|78|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|39|51|record=y}}

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| name = Virginia Cavaliers{{cite web | title = 2012–13 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball media guide, page 43 | publisher = Virginia Athletics | year = 2012 | url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012-13mbbfactbook.pdf | access-date = November 10, 2012 | archive-date = December 22, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121222072317/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012-13mbbfactbook.pdf | url-status = dead }}

| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2024

| endyear = 2025

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = Virginia

| overall = 15–17

| conference = 8–12

| confstanding = T–9th

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