Head Coach - Larren Silver
lsilver@wtc.edu
325-574-7696

Larren M. Silver, 34, currently the associate head coach at McLennan Community College in Waco, has been named the new head coach of the Western Texas College Westerners, pending board approval in May. Silver becomes the 11th head basketball coach in the programs storied history.

McLennan has been 122-36 during Silver's tenure there...and this year was one win away from going to the national tournament, losing to the eventual runner-up, Midland. He previously was an assistant at Midland College, coached a professional team in Mexico and has high school coaching experience. Silver was the fifth leading scorer in the state of Texas at Reicher Catholic High School in 1995. He is the all-time career leader in free-throw percentage at both NMJC and University of Mary-Hardin Baylor.

He earned a master’s degree in Spanish from UTPB and a bachelor’s degree from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He is fluent in the Spanish language.

“I am excited about the potential for a winning, first-class program at Western Texas College,” said Silver. “My life is centered on basketball, balanced with my commitment to God and family. I have been on gym floors all my life, from a child to player to coach. I have gained from years of contacts with high school and college coaches and, importantly, from years of mentoring during my Dad’s 30 years of Texas coaching experience.”

Silver comes from a coaching family.  His father, Duane, was the longtime head coach of LaVega High School in Waco.  Overall, Duane Silver’s teams won 493 games in 29 years of coaching including eight district championships. 

The pick of Silver was one of the first big decisions for new WTC athletic director Tammy Davis who said she was impressed from the start of the process with him.

“Coach Silver brings to the position the ability to recruit high talent, high character players,” Davis said.  “He places value in a student-athlete’s education, their personal development in addition to their basketball career.  I have no doubt that he will have a very successful program which the community as well as WTC can get behind and be proud of.”  

Davis said Silver as well as his players will represent WTC in a positive respectful way. 

“He understands the importance recruiting within such a strong conference.  He knows what it takes to be successful within the region and the level of talent he will need to recruit to sustain a competitive program.  Coach Silver will be a strong addition to the coaching staff, the faculty and the community,” Davis said.

Silver is married with two sons. The family will be moving to Snyder this summer.

Assistant Coach - Ryan Glenney
rglenney@wtc.edu
325-574-7687

Ryan Glenney joined head coach Larren Silver’s men’s basketball coaching staff in May of 2011.

Glenney has been an assistant coach at Dallas Baptist University from the Fall of 2009 to the Spring of 2011 where he earned his Masters in Liberal Arts.  During his time there, he helped lead the Patriots to an NCCAA Division I National Championship.  He also helped develop 7 All-Conference award winners.  Serving as academic coordinator, Glenney helped the Patriots finish first and second in the Heartland Conference in overall team GPA.

Prior to his time at Dallas Baptist, Glenney served as a student assistant at Iowa State University where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Community Sport and Recreation in 2008.  Glenney served as assistant camp coordinator and aided in workouts and video editing.  During this time, Glenney also served as a coach for the AAU program Kingdom Hoops where he helped 37 student-athletes earn scholarships, 16 of which were at the Division I level.