I'm assuming Sanchez will be the 'interim coach' this year. This is from the U of Charlotte website.
Ron Sanchez enters his fifth season at the helm of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball program in 2022-23. He became the 11th head coach in the program's history on March 19, 2018.
The last three years under Coach Sanchez, the 49ers have signed the top-ranked recruiting class in Conference USA. In 2020, Sanchez was a finalist for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the top minority coach at the Division I level by CollegeInsider.com.
COACHING CAREER AT CHARLOTTE
In his first season with the 49ers (2018-19), Charlotte limited their opponents to an average of 68.7 points per game which is over an 11-points improvement from the previous season. Jon Davis earned second-team NABC All-District and All-Conference USA honors while scoring his 2,000th career point.
In his second season at Charlotte (2019-20), the 49ers won 16 games, which was the most wins by the 49ers since 2014, while recording 10 Conference USA wins, which was the most league wins by the Niners since 2006. The 49ers won a school-record 13 games in Halton Arena and finished fourth in Conference USA after being picked twelfth in the preseason coaches’ poll. Four Charlotte players earned Conference USA honors including Jahmir Young capturing the league’s Freshman of the Year award. The Niners finished Top 50 in the nation in scoring defense after limiting their opponents to a school-record 64.7 points per game. For the first time in the program's history, Charlotte earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.
In year three, the Niners pushed through a COVID-19 affected season that saw a number of contests postponed throughout the year. Despite a tough end to the season, a young roster mixed with a third year of great recruiting of both freshman and transfers leaves Sanchez with plenty of fire power entering year four in the Queen City.
Year four saw the 49ers make an eight win improvement from 2020-21, winning 17 games, marking the most for the 49ers since 2013-14. In Conference USA play, Charlotte earned 10 victories--marking the second time since 2006 the program earned double-figure league victories--for the second time under Sanchez. The Niners also greatly improved their performances away from home, earning six total road wins and four wins away from home in conference action. CLT's six road wins were the most since 2011-12 and Charlotte's four in conference play were the most since 2009-10 when CLT was still in the Atlantic 10.
Sanchez was also integral in the development of 2021 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, Aly Khalifa, marking CLT's second league Freshman of the Year in three seasons, which was the first time the program had ever done so.
In year five, the 49ers program once again took a step in the direction of growth. In what could be argued as the toughest mid-major conference in America, the Niners finished fifth in Conference USA earning a bye to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament and making the programs first C-USA quarterfinal appearance since the 2015-16 campaign. In the postseason, the 49ers claimed the program's first-ever postseason tournament title when the Niners won four games in five days down in Daytona Beach at the 2023 Discount Tire College Basketball Invitational. Sanchez was integral in the development and improvment in Second Team All-C-USA guard Brice Williams and the recruitment of All-C-USA Honorable Mention transfer guard, Lu'Cye Patterson.
Charlotte also finished the season with 22 wins overall, which was the program's most since the 2000-01 campaign. Its four wins in five days in Daytona also gave the program its most wins in a postseason tournament ever and upped the Green & White's record to 15-19 in postseason events. The Niners title in Daytona was both the program's first-ever in the postseason and first title of any kind since winning three games in four days at the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip Off event in San Juan.
Ron Sanchez enters his fifth season at the helm of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball program in 2022-23. He became the 11th head coach in the program's history on March 19, 2018.
The last three years under Coach Sanchez, the 49ers have signed the top-ranked recruiting class in Conference USA. In 2020, Sanchez was a finalist for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the top minority coach at the Division I level by CollegeInsider.com.
COACHING CAREER AT CHARLOTTE
In his first season with the 49ers (2018-19), Charlotte limited their opponents to an average of 68.7 points per game which is over an 11-points improvement from the previous season. Jon Davis earned second-team NABC All-District and All-Conference USA honors while scoring his 2,000th career point.
In his second season at Charlotte (2019-20), the 49ers won 16 games, which was the most wins by the 49ers since 2014, while recording 10 Conference USA wins, which was the most league wins by the Niners since 2006. The 49ers won a school-record 13 games in Halton Arena and finished fourth in Conference USA after being picked twelfth in the preseason coaches’ poll. Four Charlotte players earned Conference USA honors including Jahmir Young capturing the league’s Freshman of the Year award. The Niners finished Top 50 in the nation in scoring defense after limiting their opponents to a school-record 64.7 points per game. For the first time in the program's history, Charlotte earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.
In year three, the Niners pushed through a COVID-19 affected season that saw a number of contests postponed throughout the year. Despite a tough end to the season, a young roster mixed with a third year of great recruiting of both freshman and transfers leaves Sanchez with plenty of fire power entering year four in the Queen City.
Year four saw the 49ers make an eight win improvement from 2020-21, winning 17 games, marking the most for the 49ers since 2013-14. In Conference USA play, Charlotte earned 10 victories--marking the second time since 2006 the program earned double-figure league victories--for the second time under Sanchez. The Niners also greatly improved their performances away from home, earning six total road wins and four wins away from home in conference action. CLT's six road wins were the most since 2011-12 and Charlotte's four in conference play were the most since 2009-10 when CLT was still in the Atlantic 10.
Sanchez was also integral in the development of 2021 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, Aly Khalifa, marking CLT's second league Freshman of the Year in three seasons, which was the first time the program had ever done so.
In year five, the 49ers program once again took a step in the direction of growth. In what could be argued as the toughest mid-major conference in America, the Niners finished fifth in Conference USA earning a bye to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament and making the programs first C-USA quarterfinal appearance since the 2015-16 campaign. In the postseason, the 49ers claimed the program's first-ever postseason tournament title when the Niners won four games in five days down in Daytona Beach at the 2023 Discount Tire College Basketball Invitational. Sanchez was integral in the development and improvment in Second Team All-C-USA guard Brice Williams and the recruitment of All-C-USA Honorable Mention transfer guard, Lu'Cye Patterson.
Charlotte also finished the season with 22 wins overall, which was the program's most since the 2000-01 campaign. Its four wins in five days in Daytona also gave the program its most wins in a postseason tournament ever and upped the Green & White's record to 15-19 in postseason events. The Niners title in Daytona was both the program's first-ever in the postseason and first title of any kind since winning three games in four days at the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip Off event in San Juan.
