Bio

Ed P. Silva
Office Phone: (413)-265-2328
Office E-mail: silvae@elms.edu

Ed Silva enters his 11th season as head coach of the men’s basketball program, and has amassed an overall record of 188-93 and is 12 wins shy of the 200-win milestone.

The program, which was 2-21 in the year prior to his arrival, has achieved unprecedented success during the last seven seasons. His teams have won 20 or more games in each of the past seven seasons, and claimed seven consecutive conference championships. In 2008-09, Coach Silva, the New England Collegiate Conference (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.

The following season, the Blazers ranked in the top 10 nationally in steals per game, and turnover margin. The Blazers have also qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in six of the last seven seasons, and won the program’s first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) title in 2010.

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. Coach Silva also earned All-Little East Conference (LEC) honors that year.

In 2011, Coach Silva was selected to serve on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee for a term of four years. The committee is comprised of 13 members including six members representing all three divisions.

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 10th 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 third 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.