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

6 Consecutive Appearances in State Championship Tournament (2004-2009)

6 Conference Champion Teams

6 SoCal Bracket Champions

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 in his 13th season as head coach of the Lancers' women's basketball program.

He is the only coach to direct his team to appearances in each of the last six State Championship Tournaments.  After back-to-back appearances in the state championship game in 2004 and 2005 and a pair of semifinal finishes in 2007 and 2008, Peron coached the South's No. 4 seeded Lancers to wins over North No. 1 City College of San Francisco in the quarterfinals, then undefeated 34-0 Ventura in the semifinals, and finally San Joaquin Delta in the championship game played at Fresno's Selland Arena.

The Lancers 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 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.  Jeanine Deno was named State Player of the Year and was even a State Athlete of the Month for all sports in December, 2006. For the third time, Peron also was selected Southern California Regional Coach of the Year.

Peron's Lancers finished 29-2 in 2004-2005, including a 25-game winning streak.

In '04-05, Peron 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.

Peron 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.

In his 13 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 14-0 in postseason home games at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.

Peron holds a career mark at PCC of 324 wins, 86 losses for an impressive winning percentage of .790. His conference record is nearly as strong at 82-24 or .774.

Peron has coached three State Player of the Year selections in Deno, Dionne Pounds in 2005, and Tiana Sanders in 1999. He also has prepped seven conference MVPs in Deno, Pounds (twice--2003-2004, 2004-2005), Ariel Towns (2002-2003), Tyrea Smith (1999-2000), Sanders (1998-99), and Jackie Sadler (1997-1998).

He coached CCCAA Tournament MVP and point guard Kinyada Johnson this past season and All-CCCAA Tournament team selections in forward Easter Faafiti and guard Melia Basavand. Johnson was the state player 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.

Johnson was MVP of three regular season tournaments as PCC won four of five pre-conference tourneys played in '08-09.

Forward Monique Diaz (who went on to Cal State LA) 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.

Peron directs the annual Rose City Classic Tournament every December as well as an annual tip-off 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)
1997-1998 26-3 (Co-Head Coach with Greg Smith), SCC Champions
1998-1999 31-2, SCC Champions
1999-2000 19-11, SCC Co-Champions
2000-2001 18-13
2001-2002 18-12
2002-2003 24-8, SCC Co-Champions
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

Career Record: 13 Seasons, 324-86, .790 Winning Percentage