Ted Silva Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3rd season

Ted Silva enters his third season as a member of the UC Irvine staff. During his two seasons as the program's pitching coach, Silva watched four pitchers (Christian Bergman, Daniel Bibona, Scott Gorgen, Eric Pettis) on his staff haul away a combined 17 All-America accolades. Bibona and Gorgen were voted the Big West Pitcher of the Year consecutive seasons, giving UCI its first two honorees on the conference's elite list.

Last season under Silva's tutelage, the pitching staff tied the program-high with 20 saves and in 2008 he guided the Anteaters to the third-best ERA in the country at 3.27, also the program's lowest since 1974. That same year UCI's arms set a record in strikeouts with 503, becoming the only Anteater staff to reach the 500 mark in a season.

Silva opened his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Fullerton (2005-06), helping the Titan staff log a national-best 2.73 ERA, the only team in the country under 3.00 in 2006.

Silva, a two-time, first-team all-conference selection, played at Cal State Fullerton from 1993-95. He helped the Titans claim the national championship in 1995 after collecting a pair of wins over Stanford in the tournament opener and USC in the championship game. Silva was named all-tournament and was also a first-team All-America choice by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, and the Greater Houston Sports Association. The Big West Conference honored Silva as the Pitcher of the Year after leading the nation in victories, posting a single-season record 18 wins (18-1 overall) that still stands in the Titan record books. Silva ended the year with a 2.83 ERA with 142 strikeouts in 152.2 innings.

Silva earned 13 saves for Cal State Fullerton in his sophomore campaign, third-best in the single-season annals while recording a 4-4 win-loss record and a 2.29 ERA. Silva was 26-7 overall at Cal State Fullerton, boasting a career ERA of 2.92 and 26 saves, third-best in the Titan records.

As a sophomore, Silva represented Team USA and picked up second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball.

He was a 21st round draft selection in 1995 and spent five years in the Texas Rangers organization following a brilliant collegiate career. He spent one season pitching overseas in Taiwan and also pitched in the independent Atlantic League.

Silva has been an instructor for numerous clinics and summer league teams over the years and also had a stint as an assistant coach in charge of pitching at Villa Park High School.