College Athletic Director
Sanchez doubled as the college athletic director and oversaw the creation of basketball (since disbanded) and baseball teams. One year LCC basketball was ranked No. 1 in the United States and the players were featured in Sports Illustrated magazine, recalled Sal Otero, former sports editor of the Laredo Morning Times.
Alberto Patricio Cardenas, Sr., who worked with Sanchez at both Nixon High School and in the counseling department at LCC, recalled that Sanchez was "always advocating for the rights of the students." Jose Roberto "Beto" Juarez of Laredo, the LCC academic dean at the time, credited Sanchez for strengthening the college's counseling and athletic departments. "We worked together many years, and he was very cooperative in terms of handling any student problems," according to Juarez.
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