Clarendon College Men’s Baseball

Mike Silva/Head Coach
(Bellevue University ’06)

Coach Mike Silva will begin his first season as the Head Coach of the Bulldogs. He began his coaching career as an assistant for the Bulldogs in the fall of 2003 under then head coach Cory Hall.  During the 2003-2004 campaign, he played an instrumental role in the record-setting season in which the team was ranked 10th nationally, and had a season's best 43 wins. The Bulldogs also won the 2004 WJCAC North Division Championship and advanced to the Region 5 Tournament.  Coach Silva joined the team again in 2005 and helped guide the bulldogs to yet another Region 5 Tournament berth.

This past season Coach Silva helped lead the Bulldogs to a 40-16 record and a Region 5 Runner-up finish.

In 2006-2007, Coach Silva was the head assistant at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas.  While at Bethany, he helped guide the Swedes to a top 25 national ranking in the NAIA.

Coach Silva played collegiate baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. While at Northwestern, he helped the Rangers set the record for the most wins in a season with 49, and achieve their highest ever national ranking of 7th.  During the 2001 season, Silva finished 19th nationally in hitting with a .429 batting average.

After completing his collegiate playing career, Silva signed a professional baseball contract with the Pensacola Pelicans, an Independent professional team in Pensacola, Florida, and was selected as a member of the all-star team in his rookie season. Coach Silva finished up his playing career in the Frontier League with the Richmond Roosters of Richmond, Indiana.

Coach Silva is a native of Hull, Massachusetts and is married to the former Reagan Page of Perryton, Texas. Coach Silva and his wife reside in Clarendon.

Adrian Dinkel/Assistant Coach

Coach Adrian Dinkel is entering his first season with the bulldogs. Before coming to Clarendon, Coach Dinkel began his career at Bethany College where he served as Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach and recruiting coordinator. While coaching at Bethany College, his pitching staff’s were considered to be one of the best in the country. During his stint in Kansas his staff's lead the country in the least hits allowed per game and were in the top 5 for least walks allowed per game and also finishing in the top 10, two out of three years in team ERA.

During Coach Dinkel's tenure as a coach at Bethany College he helped win three conference titles in four seasons. Compiling 171 wins in that span, while assembling a .747 winning percentage, helping break the conference record for wins with over 40 in each year. During this run, he helped lead the way to four straight NAIA regional appearances, having his teams in the top 20 in the national rankings each year.

In Coach Dinkel's past three seasons he coached many All-conference performers, six NAIA All-Americans, and numerous All-Region players.

Coach Dinkel has also had stints with three American Legion programs in the state of Utah.
He also works with The Rocky Mountain School of Baseball that involves holding camps in many of the western states. During his time coaching he has assisted in sending 18 players to the professional ranks at many different levels.

Coach Dinkel's playing career began at Cyprus High School in Magna, UT where he was considered one of the top players in the state. He earned a scholarship where he spent two years in junior college before moving on to Bethany College. It was there that he helped lead the program to the KCAC championship as well as the programs highest national ranking, and breaking the conference record for wins with 49, becoming an All-Conference performer along the way.

Coach Dinkel graduated college with a degree in health and physical education K-12.

Coach Dinkel is a native of Magna, Utah. He currently resides in Clarendon, TX