Omar Sanchez - Head Coach 1st Season Men's Basketball Coach Omar Sanchez enters his first year as the head coach of the men's program.Sanchez has spent the last seven seasons as former Head Coach Dennis Jones' top assistant with both the men's and the women's teams.

Sanchez was in charge of post play, defense and strength and conditioning. In 2003-04 Sanchez played a vital role helping the Lady Hawks to a 33-4 record, a Cal Pac championship and a trip to the NAIA Div. II National Tournament where they lost in the "Sweet Sixteen" to Evangel University 64-61.

Sanchez also leads the department's Master Coaching Program, ensuring ethical coaching and leadership. Sanchez played two seasons for Holy Names after transferring in from Solano College in Vallejo, CA. Sanchez helped lead his team to one conference title and two appearances in the National Tournament, the last time Holy Names has been to the dance prior to the appearance in 2006. Over the last seven years through the mentorship of Coach Jones, Coach Sanchez has experienced the many aspects of coaching, from: planning practice, breaking down film and provide scouting reports, to planing trips, to helping in the development of the overall success of the men's basketball program.

Sanchez received a BS in Biology from Holy Names University and also completed his Master in Education where he studied the "What is the impact of a year round periodization program on overall confidence and fitness of an intercollegiate college men's basketball team."

With his Master in Education degree and his CSCS certification, Coach Sanchez also teaches the Intro to Strength Training class at HNU. Through the development of his website and insight in the world of fitness he has been able to contribute to this program in many ways.

Sanchez, a native of Los Angeles, CA, lives in Oakland. Omar is married to a Calgary, Canada native Marinella Sanchez and has a young daughter Mila Eustolia Sanchez.

Ilan Remler or Coach Lonnie as many know him, learned the game of basketball from Live Oak Park in Berkeley and the Recreational Sports Facility at UC Berkeley from 1980 to 1991.

Coach Remler played High School Basketball at Berkeley High School from 1985-86 and played JV Basketball at UC Berkeley from 1986-91. Ilan played for a number of years for the Oakland Believers 1989-91 playing in numerous adult leagues including the San Francisco Pro-Am league from 1992-1996.

 Coach Remler attended Medical School at the University of Tel-Aviv in Israel and played on the University team there. He began coaching while still at UC Berkeley coaching freshman basketball at Berkeley High School in 1991 and Willard Junior High School 1992. During medical school he was able to spend half a year in Sacramento coaching as an Assistant Coach at Sacramento Junior College. After Medical School while doing residency at Highland Hospital in Oakland.

Remler served as an Assistant Coach for the varsity team at Kennedy High School in Richmond from 1997 to 1998. He became the freshman Head Coach at Bishop O'Dowd for 6 years off and on from 1st 1999-2003 and then from 2006-07. In the 2004-05 seasons Coach Remler spent 2 years being an Assistant Coach at Merritt Junior College in Oakland. Remler has been at Holy Names University as an Assistant Coach from 2008 to the present.

Coach Remler resides in Oakland with wife Victoria and their children.

Assistant Coach Randy Carter enters his second year as a Graduate Assistant with the Men's Basketball program at Holy Names University.

 Carter is a recent graduate from Union College in Barbourville, KY where he spent four years playing for the Union Bulldogs in 2006-2010. Carter received a BS in Marketing, Business Management and Business Administration and is currently pursuing his MBA with a concentration in Marketing at Holy Names.

Carter is a native of Georgetown, KY but currently resides in Oakland, CA