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Baseball:
UC Irvine Baseball Names Ted Silva as Pitching Coach
Oct. 29, 2007
IRVINE, Calif. --- Ted Silva has been named an assistant coach and will serve as the team's pitching coach, announced head coach Mike Gillespie Monday. Silva spent the 2007 season at Fresno State and helped the Bulldogs to a 38-29 mark and an NCAA regional berth in San Diego. Fresno State opened postseason action with wins over top-seeded San Diego and Minnesota but was eventually eliminated by Cal State Fullerton. Under Silva's tutelage, Fresno State posted the second-lowest ERA in the WAC last season at 4.54 with three Bulldogs ranked in the top 10 individually. Prior to joining the Fresno State staff, Silva was 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. 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, 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 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 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 also represented Team USA and picked up second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. 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. Also joining the staff is Jason Dietrich, who will serve as the Director of Baseball Operations. Dietrich was a member of the 2006-07 Cal State L.A. coaching staff that won the Division II West Regional championship. He served as the recruiting coordinator and the pitching coach for the Golden Eagles under then-head coach Pat Shine. Prior to that, he was the pitching coach at Irvine Valley College from 2002-06, where he helped the Lasers advance to the 2005 Super Regionals. |
