Head coach
Blanche Alverson and the San Diego women's basketball program have announced the hiring of
Jon Silver, as the program's next assistant coach.
Jon comes to USD after spending the previous nine seasons working at San Diego State where he spent five years as an assistant athletic director, and then was named an assistant coach for the women's basketball program ahead of the 2021-22 season. During Silver's tenure on the Aztecs' coaching staff, he helped lead SDSU to the 2024-25 Mountain West Conference championship for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
A phenomenal recruiter, Silver led the effort to recruit and sign former Torero
Veronica Sheffey to the Aztec program as she was named the Mountain West Tournament MVP. The Aztecs posted a 25-10 overall record in 2024-25, which was tied for the most victories in program history and marked the first time the had reached the 25-win plateau in 13 seasons.
"I am incredibly honored to join Coach Alverson's coaching staff and the USD community," Silver said. "Coach Alverson has an amazing vision for this program that emphasizes supporting our student-athletes and developing them as players and people to reach their full potential. I was drawn immediately to Coach's core values and her positive energy. I look forward to helping her an the staff lead the program with kindness, integrity, and a curiosity for learning and growing. My wife Maranda and I have been a part of the greater San Diego community for several years now and cannot wait to further develop relationships in and around USD. We are thrilled to be Toreros and can't wait to get started."
Prior to Silver's time at SDSU, he worked as an assistant coach at Vermont and served as director of basketball operations at LSU. While working with the Catamounts program during the 2015-16 season, he was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association inaugural "Thirty Under 30" list of the nation's top young coaches.
Silver earned his Bachelor's of Arts in History and Political Science at UCLA, and picked up a Master's in Liberal Arts in Sports Administration from LSU.
Silver is married to Maranda Smith, a former gymnast at the University of Florida where she was five-time All-American selection. Jon and Maranda reside in San Diego with their two dogs Jazzy and Barley.
