Head Coach

Coaching
2001 Marysville High School
2003-10 Asst. Coach Skagit Valley College
2005-6 Skagit Sox Senior Legion Baseball Club
2007-present Riverdawgs Baseball Club
2010 Head Coach Skagit Valley College

Coach Silva lives in Mount Vernon, WA and has two children, Corbin (9), and Anna (7).

Assistant Coach

Brian Murphy
360.416.7690
brian.murphy@skagit.edu

Education
1991 Graduate of Olympia High School
1995 Graduate of Western Washington Univ. with a BA in Recreation
2008 Masters Degree in Sport and Exercise Leadership from
Seattle Pacific University

Coaching
1995-1997 Asst., Coach Nooksack Valley HS
1998 Assist. Coach, Bellingham High School
1999-2000 Asst. Coach, Semi-Pro Bellingham Bells
1999 National Baseball Congress World Series
1999-present Asst. Coach Skagit Valley College

Coach Murphy lives in Bellingham, WA with his wife Katy and daughters Grace (9), and Natalie (7).

Assistant Coach

Darren Westergaard
360.416.7690

Education
1992 Graduate of Centralia High School
1993-94 Centralia College
1994-95 Concordia College, Portland OR
1995-96 Western Oregon University

Coaching
1998-present Asst. Coach Skagit Valley College
1999-2000 Asst. Coach Bellingham Bells Semi-Pro Baseball
2001-2002 Asst. Coach Skagit Sox Senior Legion Baseball
2003-2004 Asst. Coach Northern Reign Baseball
2005 Asst Coach Skagit Valley Cardinals Semi-Pro Baseball
2006-2007 Asst. Coach Skagit Eagles-Semi-Pro Baseball

Pro Ball
1996 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Org.
1996 Richmond Roosters, Frontier League
1996 Anderson Lawman, Heartland League
1997 Huntingberg Dragons, Heartland League

Coach Westergard lives in Mount Vernon and is married to Charissa Fuller.

Assistant Coach

Frank Silvestri
360.416.7780

Education
1971 Graduate of Menlo-Atherton High School
Attended Canada College in Redwood City, California

Coaching
1991-2005 Stanwood High School
1995-2002 Washington Wranglers-International Touring Team
1995-2005 Stanwood Junior Legion-Head Coach (01-05)
2006 Stanwood Senior Legion-Head Coach
2007-08 Skagit Sox Senior Legion-Head Coach
2007-Present Skagit Valley College-Assistant Coach

Coach Silvestri lives Stanwood with his wife Antoinette and have two sons, Frank a graphics designer for Deutsch LA in Los Angeles, and Abe, a Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach at Central Washington University. Abe is working on his Masters Degree in Athletic Administration.

Assistant Coach

Jim O'Dell-Hitting Coach