Ryan Silver is widely regarded as one of the most influential people in College Sports.  He built West Coast Elite Under Armour into the largest grassroots program in the United States with over 300 teams and has built West Coast Elite Basketball into one of the largest and most successful event operators in the basketball space spanning 32 states and hundreds of events annually.  He sold West Coast Elite Basketball to  3 Step Sports / Juggernaut Capital / Fertita Capital in 2020.  

Silver has helped mold and shape thousands of student-athletes lives, Coaches lives and others in the sports world through his companies and his media company Silver Waves Media.  He has enriched the lives of many basketball players through academic and athletic programs.  He has helped shape West Coast Elite Basketball into one of the premier event operators in the country with over 200 annual events in 32 states.  West Coast Elite Basketball is the #1 event operator on the West Coast boasting an incredible alumni list with thousands of college players and lots of NBA players.

Coach Ryan Silver has mentored numerous current and former NBA & NCAA Division 1 college basketball players. Coach Silver has assisted over 500 student-athletes achieve scholarships from premier NCAA Division 1 programs.  Coach Silver is widely regarded as an industry leader and is considered one of the most influential people in the basketball World.

Coach Silver is also a leader in the High Academic arena and has numerous players at Ivy/Patriot League schools including 5 players currently at Harvard University.  Coach Silver is widely regarded as the premier Industry Leader in the High Academic Space.

Coach Silver was named the 2011 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Coach of the Year in 2011. Coach Silver won a CIF Championship at Sierra Canyon High School in 2011, the school’s first and only championship, and amassed 41 wins in 2 years while at Sierra Canyon. Coach Silver is involved with numerous city and state charitable organizations including California Boys’ State where he has served as a counselor for 18 years.

Coach Ryan Silver is the Director and Founder of the West Coast Elite Under Armour program, widely regarded as one of the top AAU programs in the country.  West Coast Elite Under Armour has grown under the direction of Silver to become the largest program in the country with over 300+ teams.  West Coast Elite Under Armour participates in the Under Armour Association. The program has teams from 3rd grade through 12th grade.  The West Coast Elite program has helped generate over $480,000,000 in scholarships for former players.  West Coast Elite also currently has 27 former Coaches working at the college and NBA level.  The West Coast Elite program is an absolute powerhouse in terms of helping place Coaches in college.

In 2019, Coach Ryan Silver was inducted into the California Boys State Hall of Fame.  The 39 year old Silver has been a counselor at California Boys State for 24 years.  He has served as a City and party counselor.  He is the youngest inductee into the California Boys State Hall of Fame.  Silver was also recognized by the California State Senate for dedicating his life to serving the community.  California State Senator Henry Stern gave Silver the proclamation at the California Boys' State Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

in 2019, Silver was recognized by the Los Angeles City Council for his incredible work in the community.  He was presented a Los Angeles City Service award for his work in the community.  He was also presented a California State Senate and Assembly resolution recognizing his service to California and induction into California Boys State Hall of Fame.

In 2020, Silver was given the Presidential Service award. 

In 2020, Silver also released his first book "The 40 Year Plan" guiding families through the roaring rivers of grassroots basketball.  

Silver is currently President of the Silver Family Foundation, Founder of West Coast Elite Basketball, President of West Coast Elite Under Armour, serves on the Under Armour Grassroots Board of Directors, serves on the HOPE Foundation Board of Directors, California Diabetes Board.  Silver annually gives substantial amounts of monies to help underprivileged kids attend college.

Silver is a 2003 graduate of UCLA with a B.A in Political Science.

My good friend Alan Akina in Hawaii gave me the idea to write this book. Alan is one of the most successful business people in the world and his company 101 Financial was featured in Forbes.  He helps people get their finances in order and is a great mentor and friend.  I am passionate about basketball and helping others. Through my many struggles in life and battles with alcoholism, I have learned that getting outside of myself and helping others is the most gratifying thing in life.  This book will help the millions of people nationwide and throughout the world who are navigating the world of youth basketball, high school basketball and eventually college basketball.  My hope is that I can give people good advice and wisdom as they go through this wondrous river of the grassroots, youth and high school basketball world. The term Attitude of Gratitude is something that is paramount to this book, my journey and purpose.  Attitude of Gratitude for me means living a life of gratitude and appreciation.  This is something that I work on 365 days a year.