Robbie Gould’s coaching run at St. Viator High School is over.
The former 49ers kicker resigned this week from his head coaching job at the private school in Arlington Heights, a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Chicago, according to multiple reports. Gould had spent two seasons there.
Gould, 43, got his start as a high school head coach at Rolling Meadows in 2024 and went 5-5 with a playoff berth in that first season. He then moved on to St. Viator, where he said in a press conference that the school was “No. 1 on my list” of places he could imagine coaching as his pre-teen children grew up and potentially played for him.
But the results didn’t follow the move. St.
Viator went 1-8 in 2025 and 2-7 in 2026, leaving Gould with an 8-20 record across three seasons. According to a statement distributed to the media by school President Ryan Aiello, Gould stepped down so he could spend more time with his family.
Gould’s departure lands at an interesting moment for 49ers fans, even if it has nothing to do with the organization directly. San Francisco is dealing with Eddie Piñeiro’s roughest stretch since joining the team last year, and Gould remains the standard by which 49ers kicking has been measured.
During his final six NFL seasons, all with the 49ers, Gould made 87.5% of his field goals. His best year came in 2018, when he went 33-for-34. His longest made field goal in 2022, his final season, was from 51 yards.
He was even steadier on extra points. Gould converted 96.1% of his point-after attempts in San Francisco, never missing more than two in a season, and he did it all while the longer extra point was in place.
The numbers only sharpen the case for his place in franchise history. Gould ranks second in 49ers history with 161 field goals made and third in field goal percentage among kickers with more than a season’s worth of games at 87.5%. He also went a perfect 40-for-40 in the playoffs.
That’s why it’s hard to make any other call: Gould was the most reliable kicker the 49ers have ever had.
Piñeiro, meanwhile, has already missed three extra points in six weeks - two in Week 3 against the Cardinals and one last week against the Commanders. He has also missed three of his nine field goal attempts this season.
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