Para tener éxito en la escuela americana tienes que trabajar duro, hacer todo lo que los maestros te digan , y si no obtienes una buena calificación todo el tiempo, no te rindas porque esforzándote y dándote tiempo para acostumbrarte a lo nuevo estarás genial.
For this case, we will translate the sentence part by part.
the coach (masculine): El entrenador
interviews: entrevista
the athlete (masculine): a el atleta
In Spanish the word "el" serves to differentiate the word "atleta" from the masculine or feminine gender.
Answer:
You have to say:
El entrenador entrevista a el atleta.
Si clauses indicate possibilities, which may or may not become reality. They refer to the present, past, and future. These conditional sentences have two parts: the condition, or Si clause, and the main or result clause which indicates what will happen if the condition of the Si clause is met.
The tense of the result clause depends on the tense of the Si clause. In other words, the tense of the two clauses follow a prescribed sequence.