Danny Sanchez, a multi-sport athlete at Scottsdaleʼs Coronado High School, he signed with MCC in 1987 with his soccer team winning the ACCAC and Region 1 Championships. Being named First Team All-ACCAC in 1988 netted him a soccer scholarship to the University of Connecticut where he earned his bachelor's degree and a 1989 Big East Championship.
Coaching for three years at Scottsdale Community College, he returned to MCC for seven years to coach men's soccer and became the first-ever women's soccer coach with a 103-15-5 record and 12 All Americans. He was the 1995 and 2001 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
As the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) head women's soccer coach he led the Roadrunners to six Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship titles and three RMAC Tournament titles. His teams went to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Tournament all six years, won two NCAA DII Championship titles, and claimed five Central Region Championships. He was a six-time RMAC Coach of the Year, named 2004 NCAA DII National Coach of the Year and was a four-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America Midwest Region Coach of the Year. Danny established five NCAA record streaks -- the longest unbeaten streak (59 games), longest home winning streak (61 games), longest home unbeaten streak (61 games), longest conference winning streak (57 games), and longest conference unbeaten streak (72 games).
Recruited to the University of Wyoming, he was named to the 2008 RMAC Centennial Team as the RMAC All-Time Top Coach for women's soccer. Danny is now in his 29th year coaching University of Colorado Boulder soccer, with 13 years as head coach. He has a career record of 400-141-57; NCAA record of 297-126-52; UC record of 133-81-34; seven NCAA Tournament appearances; and the best winning percentage of any soccer coach in UC history.