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Coached first CCCAA State Championship in PCC women's team sports history in 2008-2009

7 Consecutive Appearances in State Championship Tournament (2004-2010)

7 Southern California Regional Bracket Champions

6 South Coast Conference Champion Teams,
1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007

3 Appearances in the State Championship Game:
2004, 2005, 2009

Joe Peron went to the mountain top in 2009 when his underdog Lancers captured the CCCAA state title as head coach of the PCC women's basketball program. He will enter his 17th season in charge of the Lancers in 2012-2013, the longest current tenure of any PCC athletics head coach.

In his 16 seasons running the women's basketball team, Peron has coached six South Coast Conference champion teams and seen his teams make the postseason in all but one of those years.

PCC has never lost a first round game and is a perfect 18-0 in postseason home games at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. In 2012, that streak appeared to be in jeopardy, but the Lancers made the biggest rally in their playoff history, coming back from 25 points down to defeat Antelope Valley, 67-65, in a Round 1 game. PCC, a 15th seed, pushed No. 2 Ventura to the brink before being eliminated in the second round, 55-50.

An impressive 9-year streak of the Lancers winning 24 or more games ended this past season.

Peron has done a strong job of helping move Lancers to the next level. Thirty-five of his players have earned 4-year university playing scholarships.

Peron directed his teams to appearances in seven consecutive State Championship Tournaments from 2004-2010.  After back-to-back spots in the state championship game in 2004 and 2005 and a pair of state semifinal finishes in 2007 and 2008, Peron coached the 2009 South's No. 4 seeded Lancers to wins over North No. 1 City College of San Francisco in the quarterfinals, undefeated 34-0 Ventura in the semifinals, and finally San Joaquin Delta in the '09 championship game played at Fresno's Selland Arena.

For the 2008-2009 school year, Peron was honored as the South Coast Conference Women's Coach of the Year for all sports. It was the first time any PCC coach earned the award since the college joined the SCC in 1987.

Peron has coached three State Player of the Year selections in Jeanine Deno in 2007, Dionne Pounds in 2005, and Tiana Sanders in 1999. In 2010-2011, Peron prepped his eighth conference MVP in Dominique Scott (now at USC) after developing previous SCC Players of the Year in Deno (2006-2007), Pounds (twice--2003-2004, 2004-2005), Ariel Towns (2002-2003), Tyrea Smith (1999-2000), Sanders (1998-99), and Jackie Sadler (1997-1998).

Peron holds a career mark at PCC of 390 wins, 110 losses for an impressive winning percentage of .780. His conference record is nearly as strong at 111-35 or a .760 winning mark.

The Lancers twice made it to the state championship game at the University of San Diego, losing to Mt. San Antonio in 2004 and Cypress in 2005, as the program established itself as a perennial state power. In the next three seasons, the state runner-ups from the North--Foothill in 2008, Sierra in 2007, and San Joaquin Delta in 2006, each beat PCC at the state tournament held in Northern California at both Selland Arena ('06-07) and Stockton's Spanos Center ('08). In 2010, the team was knocked out in the quarterfinals by San Francisco at Cal Lutheran University.

In 2006-2007, PCC ran off a school-record 28-game winning streak and recorded another school mark for most wins in a season with 34.  For the third time, Peron also was selected Southern California Regional Coach of the Year. Deno was a CCCAA/CCCSIA State Athlete of the Month for December, 2006.

Peron's Lancers finished 29-2 in 2004-2005, including a 25-game winning streak. He was selected as the WBCA Region 8 Community Colleges Coach of the Year after being chosen as the South Coast Conference Coach of the Year for the North Division.

In 2003-2004, PCC won three tournament championships in the regular season and started the year with a 22-game winning streak. The Lancers then knocked off three Orange Empire Conference teams, Fullerton, Cypress and Saddleback, in the Southern California Regional Playoffs to reach the State Final Four. He was named Southern California Region Coach of the Year for 2003-2004 by the coaches association for directing a team that included 12 freshmen, two sophomores and an all first-year starting squad.

He coached CCCAA Tournament MVP and point guard Kinyada Johnson in 2008-2009 and All-CCCAA Tournament team selections in forward Easter Faafiti and guard Melia Basavand. Johnson was the CCCAA/CCCSIA Athlete of the Month for March, 2009 and Faafiti was a State Farm All-American honorable mention as well as winning a South Coast Conference Special Achievement award. Faafiti went on to become an All-American at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the USA Deaf Olympics gold medal winning team.

Forward Monique Diaz (who went on to Cal State Los Angeles) had the distinction of twice being named to the All-State Tournament team. In 2006-2007, it was transfer guard Adriana Tovalin who made All-State Tournament.

Johnson joined Pounds, a Kodak All-American, and Deno as members of the elite PCC 1,000-point club. Johnson is the college's all-time leading scorer with 1,091 points.

In April, 2011, Peron had the pleasure of watching Sanders be inducted into the PCC Sports Hall of Fame, the first such Peron--coached athlete to be honored among the Lancers' all-time elite.

Peron directs the annual Rose City Classic Tournament every December as well as the annual Hilton Garden Inn Classic to open the season. In November, 2007, Peron's teams had an amazing run of 26 straight victories snapped in PCC-hosted tournaments, including eight consecutive tourney titles.

Peron is married to wife Zandra and the couple has two children, Joseph and Zadan. The Perons live in Long Beach.

Joe Peron’s Overall Head Coaching Record

1996-1997 12-14 (Co-Head Coach with Greg Smith), 2nd Round Regional Playoffs
1997-1998 26-3 (Co-Head Coach with Greg Smith), SCC Champions, 3rd Round Regionals
1998-1999 31-2, SCC Champions, 3rd Round Regionals
1999-2000 19-11, SCC Co-Champions, 2nd Round Regionals
2000-2001 18-13 (only season in which a Peron team did not qualify for the postseason)
2001-2002 18-12, 2nd Round Regional Playoffs
2002-2003 24-8, SCC Co-Champions, 3rd Round Regionals,
2003-2004 27-3, Southern California Bracket Champions,
State Runner-Up
2004-2005 29-2, Southern California Bracket Champions,
SCC Co-Champions, State Runner-Up
2005-2006 24-6, Southern California Bracket Champions,
State Quarterfinalists
2006-2007 34-2, Southern California Bracket Champions,
SCC Co-Champions, State Semifinalists
2007-2008 29-6, Southern California Bracket Champions,
State Semifinalists
2008-2009 33-4, CCCAA State Champions, Southern California Bracket Champions
2009-2010 25-5, Southern California Bracket Champions,
State Quarterfinalists
2010-2011 24-6, Southern California 3rd Round Regionals
2011-2012 17-13, Southern California 2nd Round Regionals

Career Record: 16 Seasons, 390-110, .780 Winning Percentage