Jake Silverman - Sport Supervisor - Football Support Staff

Jake Silverman

Title:
Sport Supervisor
Email:
jake_silverman@brown.edu

Sport Supervisor: Men's Basketball, Football, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Club Men's and Women's Golf
Co-Sport Supervisor: Men's Hockey, Women's Soccer

Jake Silverman joined Brown's executive leadership in April 2021 as the Deputy Director of Athletics. In the summer of 2024, Silverman was promoted to Assistant Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Intercollegiate Programs. Silverman oversees all intercollegiate and performance programs and serves on the University's Executive Committee and the Ivy League's Senior Leadership group.

Silverman leads the internal operation, which is focused on intercollegiate athletics and all elements of the student-athlete experience, including wellness and performance, student-athlete development, and recruiting and retention. He will also continue to lead the sport supervisors group to ensure consistent management and best practices for effective oversight of varsity programs. He serves as sport supervisor for football, men's basketball, women's soccer, women's lacrosse, and women's ice hockey.

Silverman arrived on College Hill in 2021 as the Deputy Director of Athletics for Administration. He reshaped relationships with Admissions and Financial Aid. He developed the Recruiting and Retention unit, delivering internal content and strategic messaging resources to aid all varsity programs in recruiting efforts. He partnered with university leadership to expand recreational access for all students, providing new intramural and group fitness opportunities at no additional cost. This led to Brown Recreation's 92 percent engagement rate of undergraduate students in the Spring 2024 semester.

In 2023, Silverman was named Deputy Director of Athletics for Intercollegiate Programs and Performance, providing leadership for the sport supervisor team, along with the student-athlete development and wellness and performance units.

Over the past three years, Silverman led several successful head coaching searches and was the point person in launching program differentiator initiatives focused on enhancing coach development and the student-athlete experience.

Silverman joins Brown from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served for 14 years, most recently as the associate athletics director for operations. He began his career at Penn by serving eight seasons with the football program as director of operations and assistant athletics director for operations before becoming the assistant athletics director for admissions and financial aid.

During his time at Penn, Silverman served as the sport administrator for 13 different programs — including football, golf, squash, and tennis — and held the position of athletics liaison for Penn's dining and residential services. Additionally, he provided oversight to Penn's 35 active club sports and membership racquet centers and was responsible for managing external partnerships and overseeing more than 200 events annually, including athletic camps and clinics.

Silverman graduated from Syracuse University in 2008, serving as a student assistant coach for the defensive line and completing an internship in football operations. Previously, he interned for the Philadelphia Eagles training camp and Comcast SportsNet.

He received a master's degree from Penn in 2012 in organizational dynamics, earning additional certifications in organizational leadership and organizational development and change.