2018 RMAC Hall of Fame Inductees Part 2 of 3
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Two more inductees are announced for this year’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Hall of Fame.
Over a three-day period, six individuals and a sports team will be released for this year’s induction class.
To read about the first two inductees, Olin Hatfield Chilson and Dick Drangmeister, who were announced on Tuesday,
click here.
Today, the RMAC welcomes two inductees whose careers brought major success to the sports of wrestling and women’s soccer.
Doug Moses
Adams State College and University of Southern Colorado
ASC (1969-1972); USC (1982-2001)
Wrestler and Wrestling Coach
Moses’ career began as a wrestler at Adams State College (known today as Adams State University) under his brother Gene Moses as head coach. In 1972, Moses was named RMAC Champion at 142-pounds and went on to earning a National Associate of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship title in the same weight class. His victory helped the Indians (now Grizzlies) to their third title. The ‘72 team started a run of four national championships titles in a five-year time span.
After college, Moses went on to become an assistant coach at Adams State and helped the 1973 team win the NAIA National Championship title. Moses later spent 20 years (1982-2001) as the head wrestling coach at University of Southern Colorado (known today as CSU-Pueblo). During his time with the Pack, Moses amassed 12 top 10 teams and eight top five teams. He led the ThunderWolves to seven RMAC Championship titles and finished second in the nation twice (1985, 1991). Moses coached well-known RMAC wrestlers such as current CSU-Pueblo Head Coach Dax Charles, former CSU-Pueblo Assistant Coach Chris Currier, and Colorado Mesa’s Head Coach Chuck Pipher, to national championship titles and All-American recognition. Charles and Currier were national champions in their respective weight classes and named three-time All-Americans, while Pipher was a three-time national champion and NAIA Hall of Famer.
During the 1980’s, Moses organized an All-Start RMAC team to complete in Hungary and Bulgaria on two separate occasions.
In 2001 the ThunderWolves’ wrestling program was eliminated due to budget constraints, and Moses made his way to New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas New Mexico. He is currently the head wrestling coach at New Mexico Highlands and has been with the Cowboys since the program was revived in 2005.
Today, Moses has created over 70 All-Americans and over 10 individual national champions within his 35+ years of coaching at the collegiate level.
Moses’ accomplishments as a wrestler and coach were quickly recognized in 2007 as the 1972 Adams State Wrestling Team was inducted into the RMAC Hall of Fame. Four years later, Moses became the third coach ever to be inducted into the CSU-Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame, Class of 2011. Following those inductions, Moses was a 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II (DII) Coaches Association inductee and a year later, he was named one of five members of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Danny Sanchez
Metropolitan State University of Denver (2002-2007)
Women’s Soccer Coach
In 2002, Sanchez was hired at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) as the head women’s soccer coach. While at the helm from 2002-07, Sanchez led the Roadrunners to six Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Championship titles, three RMAC Tournament titles, and compiled a 76-1-3 RMAC record. His teams also qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II (DII) Tournament all six years, won two NCAA DII Championship titles in 2004 and 2006, and claimed five Central Region Championships.
Sanchez was a six-time RMAC Coach of the Year with the Roadrunners. He was also named 2004 NCAA DII National Coach of the Year and was a four-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) (now United Soccer Coaches) Midwest Region Coach of the Year. During his tenure, he produced two NCAA DII Players of the Year and 17 NSCAA All-Americans. Sanchez had five NCAA record streaks, which included the longest unbeaten streak (59 games), longest home winning streak (61 games), longest home unbeaten streak (61 games), longest conference winning streak (57 games) and longest conference unbeaten streak (72 games).
Following his departure from MSU Denver, Sanchez coached at the University of Wyoming from 2007-11. In 2008, he was named to the RMAC Centennial Team as the RMAC All-Time Top Coach for women’s soccer. Sanchez is currently the head women’s soccer coach for the Buffs at the University of Colorado Boulder. In his 22 seasons coaching soccer, he has amassed an overall career record of 337-104-38.
The 2018 RMAC Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, July 13. For more information, visit the
Hall of Fame page.