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Bill Sanchez (1st Season)

e-mail: wdsanchez@pasadena.edu

Bill Sanchez, a long-time physical education teacher at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, was hired in January as Pasadena City College's new women's badminton head coach.

Sanchez taught club badminton and badminton classes regularly at Flintridge SHA. He retired from the high school after 20 years on the job (1985-2005).

Sanchez was a head coach in a variety of sports at Flintridge, including basketball, volleyball, and tennis.

After attending Loyola High School, Sanchez went on to play as an All-Metropolitan Conference volleyball setter at LA Valley College and also played tennis for the Monarchs.

He graduated with a bachelor's in P.E. at Cal State Los Angeles and earned his master's degree at Azusa Pacific University.

Sanchez lives in Glendora with his wife of 20 years, Bryn. The couple have two children in son Patrick, 15, a two-sport student-athlete at Glendora High, and daughter Aunie, 14.

PCC BADMINTON HISTORY

In eight seasons since it was certified as a California Community College intercollegiate sport in 2000, women's badminton has made a successful run at Pasadena City College. The program won five South Coast Conference titles, including a share of three in a row from 2003-2005.

Three times the Lancers have made it to the Southern California championship finals in 2000, 2001, and 2004.

PCC has three times hosted the State Championships at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium in 2003, 2004 and in 2006.

PCC plays its regular season dual matches in the South Coast Conference, competing against El Camino, LA City, East LA, and Compton Center Colleges.