By: Daisy Trevino
Redwood’s Varsity girls’ soccer and former football coach, Jason Vieira has been coaching girls’ soccer for 10 years, and coached football for 3 years. Coaching girls’ soccer was always something that Coach Vieira was interested in. When the position for head coach became available, Coach Vieira acted on it. He applied for the position and got it.
As for football, it was a bit different of an approach. Vieira was asked for a few years by former Coach Ball to help him coach football, Vieira agreed to help coach for a few years.
In sports, there are different coaching styles. For some coaches, they may differ depending on which gender they coach.
Being that Coach Vieira has had experience coaching both genders, his coaching style stayed the same for both teams.
Coach Vieira said “I really like to just be who I am in front of the students, regardless of who the gender is. When I coached boys football, what they saw was who I am, and when I coached girls’ soccer, what they saw was who I am.”
Coaching football and soccer are two very different environments when it comes to playing on the field. When coaching a game, a coach tends to be strict on their players. The level of strictness a coach would have on a boys’ football team is usually a bit higher than it is while coaching a girls’ soccer team.
“If I was going to raise my voice, it’s more likely that I did it while coaching football then coaching the soccer team. I’m not really a yeller to begin with, and that could just be the nature of football games, it’s more of a hectic environment. But I’m pretty much the same regardless.” he says.
Being Redwood’s Varsity girls’ soccer coach for so long, Coach Vieira says that he’s built a strong bond with his players. Having experienced working with both genders, Vieira preferred to coach the girls’ soccer team.
Coach Vieira said, “I’ve been coaching the soccer team longer, so that’s kind of like a tell that I prefer that. The soccer program is like a family to me, my brother coaches with me, my wife comes to all the games so I prefer that. We’ve had a lot of success, I’ve been able to build a culture around that, with the girls that I’ve had, the coaches that I’ve had, and Coach Wall who helps with the JV team. I think it’s a positive environment so I enjoyed that more, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy coaching the boys’ football team.”
“What I’ve learned from coaching both genders is that regardless of the gender people like competition. Girls and boys, they like competing, and working towards something and achieving that. Competition is universal, it doesn’t matter as much age, gender, or race. I think that everybody strives to get the best out of themselves.”
Redwood’s head Varsity girls’ soccer coach, jason vieira
Daisy Trevino
Daisy Trevino ('24) is a freshman. This is her first year writing for the Redwood Gigantea. She has an interest in writing for all sections in journalism. In her free time she likes to hang out with friends and spend time with family. You can reach her by email at
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Great story! I had no idea Vieira used to be the football coach! I like the different perspective and personality-profile.