Joel Sanchez (baseball)

Joel Sanchez
Current position
Title	Pitching coach
Team	Jackson State
Conference	SWAC
Playing career
1994–1995	NMJC
1996–1997	New Mexico State
Position(s)	P, SS
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2008	Bethune-Cookman (P)
2009	Vermont Lake Monsters (P)
2010	GCL Nationals (P)
2011	Daytona State (P)
2012–2014	North Carolina A&T
2015–2019	Daytona State (P)
2020–present	Jackson State (P)
Head coaching record
Overall	53–106
Tournaments	MEAC: 3–4

Joel Sanchez is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher and shortstop. He is the pitching coach at Jackson State University. Sanchez played two seasons at NMJC, followed by two seasons at New Mexico State. He then played three seasons with Ciudad Juárez of the Mexican League. In 2001, he became an assistant coach with Bethune-Cookman. He spent eight seasons with the Wildcats, during which they won seven Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships and made seven NCAA Regional appearances. Sanchez served as recruiting coordinator and pitching coach, and saw fifteen of his players (plus three more than he recruited) drafted. He then spent one season each as pitching coach with the Vermont Lake Monsters and Gulf Coast League Nationals of the Washington Nationals organization. Sanchez next spent one season as an assistant with NJCAA Daytona State. Before moving to North Carolina A&T.^[1] He was named head coach at North Carolina A&T prior to the 2012 season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Carolina A&T Aggies (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2012–2014)
2012	North Carolina A&T	20–36	12–12	3rd South	MEAC Tournament^[a]
2013	North Carolina A&T	16–38	8–16	4th South	MEAC Tournament^[b]
2014	North Carolina A&T	17–32	9–15	5th South
North Carolina A&T:		53–106	27–43
Total:		53–106
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

^ The top four teams of the MEAC South Division's five teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.
^ The top four teams of the MEAC South Division's five teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.

^ ^a ^b "Joel Sanchez Bio". North Carolina A&T Aggies. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "Joel Sanchez named Head Coach at North Carolina A&T". College Baseball Daily. September 2, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ Andy Durham (August 17, 2011). "Special meeting at N.C. A&T to announce new Aggie baseball coach today". Greensboro Sports. Retrieved January 11, 2014.