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Mike Silva

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Mike Silva
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamArkansas State
ConferenceSun Belt
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Alma materNorthwestern Oklahoma State University
Playing career
2001–2003Northwestern Oklahoma State
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005Clarendon College (Asst)
2006Bethany (KS) (Asst)
2007–2009Clarendon College
2010–2012Galveston College
2013–2015Texas State (Asst)
2016San Diego Padres (Area Scout)
2017–2018Arkansas-Little Rock (P)
2019–2021Louisiana Tech (AHC)
2022–2024Nicholls
2025–presentArkansas State
Head coaching record
Overall98–71–0 (.580) (NCAA)
  • 165–117–0 (.585) (NJCAA)
TournamentsSouthland: 4–0
NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Southland Regular season (2023)
  • 2 Southland Conference Tournament (2023, 2024)
Awards

Michael Silva is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Arkansas State Red Wolves.[1] He previously was head coach of the Nicholls State baseball team.[2] Silva has been a baseball coach in the South Central United States since 2003, after playing three years of college baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Coaching career

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Lower division NCAA baseball

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Silva began his coaching career in 2003, as an assistant coach at Clarendon College and Bethany College. In 2007, Silva returned to Clarendon to accept his first head coaching position, later moving to Galveston College.

NCAA Division I coach

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In 2013, Silva accepted his first Division I coaching position at Texas State. After a year scouting for the San Diego Padres in 2016, Silva would go on to coach at Arkansas-Little Rock and Louisiana Tech.

On July 9, 2021, Nicholls announced that Silva would become the program's head coach[3] after Seth Thibodeaux departed to take an assistant coaching position at Louisiana.[4]

On June 11, 2024, Arkansas State announced the hiring of Silva as the new head coach, replacing Tommy Raffo.[1]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Clarendon College Bulldogs (WJCAC) (2007–2009)
Clarendon College (NJCAA): 104–44 (.703) 0–0 (–)
Galvenson College Whitecaps (TEC) (2010–2012)
Galveston College (NJCAA): 61–73 (.455) 0–0 (–)
Nicholls Colonels (Southland Conference) (2022–2024)
2022 Nicholls 26–25 12–12 T-4th
2023 Nicholls 34–24 15–9 1st NCAA Regional
2024 Nicholls 38–22 16–8 2nd NCAA Regional
Nicholls: 98–71 (.580) 43–29 (.597)
Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2025–present)
2025 Arkansas State
Arkansas State: – (–) – (–)
Total: 98–71 (.580)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mike Silva Named A-State Baseball Head Coach" (Press release). Arkansas State Red Wolves. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mike Silva". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Silva introduced as Nicholls Baseball head coach". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Thibodeaux resigns as Nicholls Baseball head coach". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.