Wyoming Soccer Camps: Camp Staff

Danny Sanchez enters fourth season at Wyoming in 2011 after leading the Cowgirl's to a spot in the Mountain West Conference Tournament in both 2009 and 2010.  Danny came to Wyoming after posting a 128-11-7 (.901) record in six seasons as the head women's coach at Metro State College in Denver, Colo. He led the Roadrunners to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2004 and 2006. In addition to serving as the head women's coach, Sanchez was also the Director of Soccer Operations and oversaw both the men's and women's soccer programs.

During his time at Metro State, Sanchez was the 2004 NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Coach of the Year all six seasons and a four-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

In his six seasons at Metro State, the Roadrunners won the RMAC Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament every year. They also won five Midwest Region Championships. In addition to its 2004 and 2006 National Championships, Metro State reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament three times (2002, `04 and `06) and advanced to the Elite Eight five times. At one point, Metro State won a Division II record 61 consecutive home games, as well as 59 consecutive overall games.
 
Metro State produced two Division II National Players of the Year and 14 NSCAA All-Americans in Sanchez's tenure.

Sanchez also served as an Associate Head Men's Coach at Metro State from 2004-07 and helped lead the Roadrunner men to the 2007 RMAC Championship and to the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2007.

Prior to coaching at Metro State, Sanchez served as the head men's and women's soccer coach at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Ariz. from 1995-2002. At Mesa, he led the women's team to a 103-15-5 (.858) overall record and the men to a 96-36-7 (.716) mark. The women won four National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region I Championships and five Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Championships. In 2001, he was the ACCAC and NJCAA Region I Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, as well as the NSCAA Junior College Central Region Coach of the Year. He also won the NJCAA Region I Women's Coach of the Year award in 1996 and 1999. Mesa produced 12 All-Americans in Sanchez's time with the program.

Sanchez has been very active in coaching around the Rocky Mountain region. He has served as a staff coach and licensing instructor for the Colorado State Youth Soccer Association. He was also a US Youth Soccer Region IV Staff Coach.

Sanchez holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) "A" License, a USSF National Youth License, an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and a KNVB Dutch Advanced Certificate.

After beginning his playing career at Mesa Community College, Sanchez moved to the University of Connecticut where he helped lead the Huskies to the 1989 Big East Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. He was a two-year starter at UConn and finished 10th on the New England region scoring charts in 1989. He also played for the Arizona Cotton of the USISL and the Arizona Condors of the Western Soccer League.

Darren Toohey will be in his fourth season as a volunteer coach for the University of Wyoming in 2011. Toohey brings a wealth of experience as both a player and a coach to the game of soccer. As a coach Toohey has most recently been the assistant coach at the highly successful Mesa Community College. During his three years at MCC the team was ranked nationally in the top 15 of every week for all three years and had a 56-12-4 (.780) record during that time. While at MCC, Toohey was also voted the NSCAA Assistant Coach of the year for the West Region. Prior to MCC Toohey was the assistant coach and goalkeeping coach for the Arizona Heatwave, a women's semi-pro team that competed in the W-League. Toohey also coached the Scottsdale Community College women's soccer team for two years and was previously the head goalkeeping coach for the Arizona Olympic Development Program. Toohey has previously directed the goalkeeping camps at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of Texas and he has been on the coaching staff for the Grand Rapids Explosion of the USISL. He has also coached various club and high school teams. Toohey has also written and directed an instructional soccer coaching video designed specifically for goalkeepers.

As a player, he has played throughout the world. While on the Australian National Indoor Soccer (Futsal) Team, he played in Brazil, Russia, Argentina, and Uruguay. He finished his National Team career with a game against the USA during an international tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also played soccer for the Grand Rapids Explosion (Michigan) in the USISL as well as for Belconnen United and Shamrock Rovers in the Australian Capital Territory Premier League. While in Australia he was selected to the National College Soccer team. Toohey also played three years of college soccer (Hope College, MI & Hiram College, OH) and led his nationally ranked teams to three NCAA appearances finishing his college career with a 44-9-2 Record (.800). While earning his Masters at Arizona State University, he captained the men's club team to a National Championship in 1999.

Toohey earned a B.A. from Hope College, MI in 1998 majoring in Sociology & Criminology. He earned his MBA with a Supply Chain Management concentration from Arizona State University in 2000 and he is also planning to graduate in 2009 with a Masters in Organizational Leadership from the University of Denver.