Justin Silverstein

Biography

Justin Silverstein will be entering his eighth season as head coach of the Trojans in the 2025-26 season. Silverstein was previously an assistant coach on the 2013 NCAA champion USC women's golf team and spent two seasons as the associate head coach of the Trojan men's squad, Silverstein is a two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, most recently earning the 2023 award after leading the Trojans to within a match of a national title. He was also the 2019 Pac-12 Co-Coach of the Year and the 2019 WGCA West Region Coach of the Year. He has made an immediate impact on the Trojans, leading them to 31 wins in his first seven seasons, including Pac-12 titles in 2019, 2021 and 2023 and three NCAA regional wins in 2019, 2022 and 2024. His debut 2018-19 campaign saw the Trojans win seven times, including victories at the Pac-12 and NCAA Regionals. His golfers have earned a combined 18 All-American honors and 17 All-Conference first team awards. In 2024-25, Silverstein recorded four wins, including three in the first four tournaments to open the season. The Women of Troy made it to the match play section for the third-straight year. USC earned the No. 5 seed before falling in the NCAA quarterfinals. The 2025 squad included Big Ten Freshman of the Year and WGCA All-American first teamer Jasmine Koo, and fellow All-American first teamer Catherine Park. Koo and Park both earned All-Big Ten first team honors. In 2023-24, Silverstein led the Women of Troy to three wins including a first-place finis