Ed P. Silva
Office Phone: (413)-265-2328
Office E-mail: silvae@elms.edu
Coach's Corner
Ed Silva, who is in his ninth year as head coach of the men's
basketball program, enters the 2009-2010 season six wins shy of 150
career victories.
He has led the Blazers to unprecedented success during the past five years. The program, which was 2-21 in the year prior to his arrival, has won 20 or more games in each of the past five seasons, and claimed five consecutive conference championships, including the inaugural New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship in 2009. The Blazers have also qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship during each of the past five years.
Last season, Coach Silva, the NECC Coach of the Year, guided the Blazers to a program-record 26-2 mark, and the team's first-ever national ranking. The Blazers were ranked as high as 12th in the nation, and finished the season ranked 22nd in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. In addition, the men's basketball team was honored as the NCAA's 2008-09 national statistical champion in steals per game and scoring margin.
In his first eight seasons overall, Coach Silva has helped Elms
College win 144 of its 223 games (.646 winning percentage).
Prior to joining Elms College, Coach Silva served as an assistant coach for six years at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he helped guide the team to the 2000 Little East Conference title and an appearance in the NCAA Division III regional tournament. He had also served for one year as an assistant coach at Hesser College in New Hampshire.
During his collegiate career, Coach Silva played basketball at Hesser for two years, where he earned NJCAA All-Region XXI honors. After transferring to Eastern Connecticut State University, he was recognized as a Met-Life Scholar Athlete and chosen for the New England Basketball Coaches' Association Senior All-Star game during his senior year. Coach Silva also earned All-Little East Conference (LEC) honors that year.
Coach Silva is a faculty member in the Elms College Sociology Department. He received his bachelor's degree in applied sociology from Eastern Connecticut State University and his master's degree in social work from the University of Connecticut.
Todd Dean
Office Phone: (413)-265-2328
Office E-mail: deant@elms.edu
Todd Dean is in his eighth season as assistant coach of the men's basketball program at Elms College. Coach Dean was promoted to the top assistant's position in 2003-04 after serving as a volunteer assistant coach with the Blazers in 2002-03.
Since then, he has helped lead the Blazers to four straight NAC
Tournament titles and NCAA Division III Championship berths.
Prior to coaching at Elms College, Coach Dean served as assistant
men's basketball coach at Eastern Connecticut State for four years
and helped guide the Warriors to a berth in the 2000 NCAA Division
III Championship.
Jason Plamondon
Office Phone: (413)-265-2328
Office E-mail: plamondonj@elms.edu
Jason Plamondon is in his first season as volunteer assistant
coach of the men's basketball program at Elms College.
Coach Plamondon served as the assistant boys varsity basketball
coach for the High School of Science and Technology from
2008-2009.
Coach Plamondon earned his associates degree in sports management
from Springfield Technical Community College in 2007.