Jaime Frias

Jaime Frias was named Houston Soccer's head coach on Feb. 16, 2022. The 2024 season will be his third with the Cougars.

In his second season in the program's inaugural Big 12 Conference season, Frias led the Cougars to an 8-8-2 record with a pair of Big 12 wins as midfielder Aryanna Jimison was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Frias’ first season as head coach at Houston, saw the Cougars finish with a 6-7-3 record including a 4-2-1 record at home. Two student-athletes received All-American Athletic Conference honors, including Emma Clarke with a Second-Team selection while Alex Whitcraft made the All-Freshman Team.

Before coming to Houston, Frias spent 10 seasons at Virginia serving as an assistant coach from 2013-2016 and 2019-2022, and as the director of operations from 2010-2013.

Frias helped the Cavaliers to seven NCAA Tournaments, including three College Cup appearances highlighted by a runner-up finish in the 2014 season (23-3-0) as well as reaching the semifinals in the 2013 (24-1-1) and 2020 (14-4-3) seasons.

He also helped Virginia secure its second Atlantic Coast Conference Championship title in 2012 (18-5-1) and assisted the Cavaliers to three ACC Regular Season Championships in the 2013 (24-1-1), 2015 (19-1-3) and 2021 (18-3-2) seasons. Additionally, over 20 players have gone on to play professionally either in the United States or abroad during this time.

In addition to his time with Virginia, Frias has coached at various levels of U.S. Soccer. He served as head coach of the U18 Women's National Team and assistant coach with the U20 Women's National Team in two separate stints (2014, 2017-2019).

He was the head coach of the U16 Youth National team (2016-2017) prior to assuming his duties with the U18 and U20 teams. In addition to his national team head coach experience, Frias participated in three FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups (2012, 2014, 2018) where he helped the U.S. secure the 2012 FIFA World Cup title as a World Cup scout/performance analyst.

Prior to Virginia, Frias served as head coach at Nevada for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, leading the program to 2009 WAC Tournament final and the most conference wins in school history.

He also spent three seasons as head coach at Stephen F. Austin (2005-2007) including being named the 2005 Southland Conference Coach of the Year. In six total seasons with the Lumberjacks (2002-2007), including three as an assistant, the program won four Southland Conference titles and advanced to two NCAA Tournaments.

Frias earned his Bachelor of Science in health and physical education from the Centenary College of Louisiana where he played soccer four seasons and was a two-time team captain. Centenary was also the first stop on his coaching career, serving as an assistant coach from 2000-02.

He and his wife, Ta, have two children, Azari, and Jaime Dhani.