| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Arkansas State |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 26–28 (.481) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Northwestern Oklahoma State University |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2003 | Northwestern Oklahoma State |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | Clarendon College (Asst) |
| 2006 | Bethany (KS) (Asst) |
| 2007–2009 | Clarendon College |
| 2010–2012 | Galveston College |
| 2013–2015 | Texas State (Asst) |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres (Area Scout) |
| 2017–2018 | Arkansas-Little Rock (P) |
| 2019–2021 | Louisiana Tech (AHC) |
| 2022–2024 | Nicholls |
| 2025–present | Arkansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 124–99–0 (.556) (NCAA)
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| Tournaments | Southland: 4–0 NCAA: 0–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Michael Silva is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Arkansas State Red Wolves. [1] He previously was head coach of the Nicholls State baseball team. [2] Silva has been a baseball coach in the South Central United States since 2003, after playing three years of college baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Silva began his coaching career in 2003, as an assistant coach at Clarendon College and Bethany College. In 2007, Silva returned to Clarendon to accept his first head coaching position, later moving to Galveston College.
In 2013, Silva accepted his first Division I coaching position at Texas State. After a year scouting for the San Diego Padres in 2016, Silva would go on to coach at Arkansas-Little Rock and Louisiana Tech.
On July 9, 2021, Nicholls announced that Silva would become the program's head coach [3] after Seth Thibodeaux departed to take an assistant coaching position at Louisiana. [4]
On June 11, 2024, Arkansas State announced the hiring of Silva as the new head coach, replacing Tommy Raffo. [1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon College Bulldogs (WJCAC)(2007–2009) | |||||||||
| Clarendon College (NJCAA): | 104–44 (.703) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Galveston College Whitecaps (TEC)(2010–2012) | |||||||||
| Galveston College (NJCAA): | 61–73 (.455) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Nicholls Colonels (Southland Conference)(2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Nicholls | 26–25 | 12–12 | T-4th | |||||
| 2023 | Nicholls | 34–24 | 15–9 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Nicholls | 38–22 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Nicholls: | 98–71 (.580) | 43–29 (.597) | |||||||
| Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 26–28 | 14–16 | T–7th | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| Arkansas State: | 26–28 (.481) | 14–16 (.467) | |||||||
| Total: | 124–99 (.556) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||