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Boys Basketball

 

Coach: Kevin Rojo

Email: [email protected]

 

Coach Rojo is from Los Angeles, Calif., and is going into his 8th year of coaching, while also pursuing his degree in Kinesiology & Physical Education.
 
Prior to joining the VAAS Boys Basketball program, Coach Rojo was the assistant coach at Pacific Warner Univ. for three seasons and led the team to the NAIA playoffs.  He has also coached at various levels in Southern California, impacting multiple programs. Rojo joined Coach Potts’ staff at Burbank High School in 2016, helping bring the school its first appearance in the CIF Southern Section Championship in 91 years. Their teams also made their first appearance in the State Regional Semi-Finals in school history.
 
The following year as the head assistant, Coach Rojo was heavily involved with improving Village Christian’s High School basketball program, bringing a 10-win improvement from the school’s previous record.
 
Coach Rojo went on to become the Varsity assistant and JV head coach at Valencia High School the following season, leading his JV team to an 18-10 record, while helping the varsity team finish 25-5 in the 2019-2020 season.
 
Aside from high school coaching, Rojo has also been involved in the AAU scene, coaching the 15U Elite team for Basketball Training Institute in Los Angeles, CA.

 

 

Junior Varsity Coach:

 
Girls Basketball

 

Coach: Marc Fernandez

Email: [email protected]


Coach Marc began coaching at the age of 19 as a volunteer at Granada Hills Park. There, he met long time friend, Mr. San Jose, who coaches the VAAS boys basketball team. He then went on to coach three championship teams at the park, and was named Head Coach for the park's All-Star team at the Valley Regional Tournaments for four consecutive years. Soon after, he joined the VAAS Girls Basketball team as coach for the 2021-2022 season. In 2022, he was also elected to coach for Camp Lakers summer program. Coach Marc is a former AAU High School basketball athlete that feels he can bring his knowledge and experience to VAAS and looks forward to another year.

 

Assistant Coach: Vacant

 
Boys Soccer 

 

Coach: Jeyoung Sin

Email: [email protected]


 

 

 
Girls Soccer 
 
Coach: Allan Chan
 
 
 

Cheer 

 

Coach: Taylor Peyton

Email: [email protected]

 

Taylor Peyton has been coaching competitive cheer and teaching dance for LAUSD since 2003.  Ms. Peyton began dance lessons at And All That Jazz in San Diego when she was 3 years old and cheered in high school. Ms. Peyton moved to Los Angeles to complete her undergraduate degree at UCLA and teaching credential at CSUN. In 2010 she moved to New York City for a joint master's degree program in Dance Education at NYU with the American Ballet Theater. In 2011 she returned to Los Angeles and joined the first faculty that opened VAAS. The VAAS Cheer Team has won 2 Los Angeles City Section titles in 2018 and 2021.