Pinder Nijjar
Pinder Nijjar coaches the U19 Girls Blue team after joining the SF Elite Academy from a coaching position with the men’s soccer team at Caltech in 2015. A well-known name in the Southern California youth development circuit, Nijjar coached with the Fram Soccer Club Girls Youngers and the Cal South ODP Pro+ Boys, where he also served as a scout and helped the team win two regional championship titles in his first three seasons there.
​Previously, Pinder was a volunteer assistant and scout at Marymount College from 2011-2012, head coach for the Rolling Hills Preparatory HS boys varsity team from 2011-2013 and head coach for the Palos Verdes HS girls team in 2014-2015. Pinder played collegiate soccer at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, where he helped the team win two conference championships. ​