Tri Valley Driving School Joins Coastline Academy

Starting February 2026, we are excited to announce that Tri Valley Driving School in Northern California is now a part of Coastline Academy. Coastline is the largest driving school in the country, with over 145,000 5-star reviews from students across the US. This collaboration combines Coastline's expertise in education technology with Tri Valley's community roots to create a dynamic driving education experience for students in the San Ramon & Cameron Park areas.
What's changing?
- Online software - Coastline is at the cutting-edge of driver's education technology with online booking, secure payments, and digital lesson reports.
- The name - Coastline is an industry leader in behind-the-wheel driver education whose mission is to eradicate car crashes.
- A more modern fleet - packed with safety features like GPS tracking, video/audio recording, emergency equipment, and more.
What's not changing?
- The faces you're used to every day - we're still the same local team of professional classroom and driving instructors, and staff.
- The high-quality education - now supplemented and supported by Coastline to make students safer, more confident drivers
We gratefully recognize the incredible work the Tri Valley team has done in the community, and look forward to continuing to support new drivers in the Bay Area and Greater Sacramento regions. Coastline is on a mission to eradicate car crashes. We do this by teaching safe and confident drivers for life.
About the Author
Nigel Tunnacliffe is the co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the country, on a mission to eradicate car crashes. An experienced founder and technology executive, Nigel and his team are shaking up the automotive industry by taking a technology-centric approach to learning and driver safety. Having served over 100,000 driving students across 500+ cities, Coastline was recently named the 6th fastest-growing education company in America by Inc. Magazine. Nigel is a frequent podcast guest and quoted driving education expert for major publications such as Yahoo!, GOBankingRates, and MSN.

