Head Coach Andrew Silva
The 2013 season will be Head Coach Andrew Silva’s first year at the helm of the Citrus College Women’s Swimming Program. Silva is rebooting the program that has been absent from competition for the past two years. Silva also serves as the Citrus College Aquatics Coordinator, and a full-time faculty member of the Citrus College Kinesiology Department beginning in the fall of 2012.
Silva has spent the previous five years as the top assistant for the very successful aquatics program at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. In his time with the Cougars, Silva helped lead the Cuesta Men’s Swim team to four second place finishes in the Western State Conference (WSC) in five seasons, and the Women’s Swim team to three second place WSC finishes in that same span. During the 2007, 2008, and 2012 seasons, the men’s squad finished in the Top 15 in the entire State, including a ninth place finish in this year’s California Community College Athletics Association (CCCAA) State Championships. The women garnered the same Top 15 in State honors in 2008, 2010, and 2012.
Prior to his time at Cuesta, Silva spent three years as the Head Women’s Water Polo Coach at NCAA Division I Marist College. In 2006, Silva was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Coach of the Year and guided the Red Foxes to the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championships that same year. In 2007, Silva’s squad at Marist set the program record for wins in a season and went 10-0 in MAAC play.
Along with his collegiate experience Silva also has spent time at the high school and club levels. Silva served as the Head Coach of the Boy’s and Girl’s Water Polo programs at San Luis Obispo High School from 1999-2002. As an assistant coach with the boy’s swimming program during that time the Tigers won consecutive Northern League titles and finished second at the 2002 CIFSS Division III Finals. Silva has also been heavily involved in the Central Coast Water Polo Club for the past five years.
Silva’s teaching resume is just as impressive as his coaching resume. He has served as a full-time faculty member of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for the past year and an adjunct faculty member at Cuesta College for the last two years. Silva earned his B.A. from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2002 and his M.S. also from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2010.