Ed Silva

Biography

Ed Silva has led the UNE men's basketball program for 13 seasons, including a very abbreviated six-game slate in 2020-21. During his time, the Nor'easters have six of the 11 conference postseason tournament appearances in program history. In back-to-back years (2014-15, 2015-16), the team reached the semifinal round with upsets of top seed and second seed, respectively. The win in 2015-16 secured the first overall winning record (14-13) for UNE in seven seasons. In 2017-18, the Nor'easters finished the league slate with a positive mark (10-8) for the first time in eight seasons and took the fifth seed into the postseason. He came to UNE from Elms College after assembling a 206-103 record over 11 seasons. Under his direction, Elms won seven consecutive league crowns in the New England Collegiate Conference from 2005-2011, leading to six NCAA Championship appearances. In 2008-09, he guided Elms to a program-record 26-2 mark and the school's first national ranking. Prior to Elms, Silva served as an assistant coach at Eastern Connecticut State University from 1996-2001, helping guide the Warriors to a Little East Conference title and NCAA Championship appearance in 2000. A graduate of Eastern Connecticut, Silva earned his bachelor's degree in sociology in 1997 and a master's degree in social work from the University of Connecticut in 2002. He was an all-conference basketball player while at Eastern Connecticut and participated in the 1996 New England Senior All-Star Game.

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