Danny Sanchez - Soccer Coach - University of Colorado Athletics

Danny Sanchez

2026 will be his 15th year as head coach at CU, 32nd overall
Career record of 429-150-65 (.717)
NCAA record of 326-135-60 (.683)
CU record of 162-90-42 (.622)
NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025
Two-time RMAC Hall of Famer

At Colorado

Named head coach on Dec. 19, 2011 (third head coach in program history)
101-30-9 (.754) non-conference record
Has the most wins (162) and the best winning percentage (.622) of any soccer coach in CU history
104-34-21 (.720) record at home
School-best second-place finish in Pac-12 in 2016, along with a previous-best third-place finish in 2014
Nine NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24 and 25 and the first appearances since 2008
CU is a combined 119-57-32 overall and 48-36-26 in the conference (Pac-12 & Big 12) since the beginning of the 2016 season

Prior to Colorado

Spent four seasons as head coach at Wyoming
Posted a 36-34-11 record at Wyoming, including 12-6-4 in his final season, the best record in school history
2011 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
Spent six seasons as head coach at NCAA Division II Metro State in Denver
Posted a 128-11-7 (.901) record with the Roadrunners, winning Division II national championships in 2004 and 2006
At Metro State, won six RMAC championships, five NCAA regional championships and coached 14 NSCAA All-Americans in addition to the two national titles
Coached men’s and women’s soccer at Mesa Community College for seven years
Coached 12 All-Americans at MCC and posted a 103-15-5 record in six years as head coach of the women’s team

Education

Received bachelor’s degree in economics from Connecticut in 1991
Lettered in soccer, football and baseball in high school at Scottsdale’s (Ariz.) Coronado High School
Played soccer two seasons at Mesa Community College
Led Connecticut to the 1989 Big East championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance

Personal

Record at CU