Shannon Pereira is the associate head coach for field hockey at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She joined the VCU staff as an assistant coach in July 2022 and was promoted to associate head coach in June 2026.
Before returning to VCU, Pereira worked as a graduate assistant at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. Since joining the Rams' staff, she has been part of a program that went 47-27 over four seasons and shared the 2025 Atlantic 10 regular-season title. She also coached Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and Synapse Sports Freshman All-American Lina Behrmann, along with two-time All-Atlantic 10 First Team and NFHCA All-South Region selection Morena Macera.
