With 10 years of experience as an NCAA Division I assistant coach at UTRGV - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2014-22), and South Carolina State University (2012-14), Silviu Telespan enters his first year as assistant women's soccer coach at Mount Olive in 2023.

Telespan has shown impressive international recruiting skills as an assistant coach at UTRGV and most recently as the Director of International Recruiting at Bryant & Stratton College (Syracuse, NY), helping with the recruitment of 26 international players from 14 different countries.

He also assisted in laying the foundation for seven women's soccer student-athletes to sign professional contracts.

On the coaching side, while at UTRGV, Telespan assisted with both technical and tactical training while serving as the Director of Scouting for the team. In this capacity, he was responsible for compiling scouting reports, preparation of videos for the coaching staff, the team, and individual players as needed for performance analysis.

 Telespan was also the Set Pieces Coordinator, successfully designing and implementing set piece plays that resulted in 40 goals in seven seasons. UTRGV ranked among the best in the WAC in 2021 with a (+7) goal differential on set pieces (nine scored, two allowed) and in 2018 with a (+8) goal differential (ten scored, two allowed).

Additional responsibilities included being the Head of Sports Performance. In this capacity, he was responsible for the analytics sector of the program (statistical and data analysis) along with monitoring performance through various software and hardware platforms, such as InStat, PlayerMaker, Hudl, and Soccer Pulse.

Off the field, Telespan successfully led the academic monitoring that helped the program to regularly achieve one of the highest-grade point averages in the department.

Furthermore, he coordinated the team's community service projects while also being active in developing relationships and arranging opportunities for team engagement with local schools, clubs, and nonprofit organizations.

More recently, Telespan was part of the coaching staff in the Republic of Moldova, serving as the Under 15 women's national team assistant coach during the 2019 calendar year. He was part of the first foreign coaching staff in the history of Moldovan women's football and his impact was tremendous. During his time in Moldova, the team won their first-ever game in this age group and finished first in the UEFA/AFC development tournament in March 2019 held in Singapore.

Between 2012 to 2014, Telespan served as an assistant coach at South Carolina State University. Telespan assisted with both technical and tactical training.

Before joining the staff at South Carolina State, Telespan spent four years in New York City where he was Director of Coaching at Soccer At Its Best Academy.

In the spring of 2006, Telespan signed on as the Manhattanville College men's soccer assistant coach, where he assisted his former coach at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Didier Orellana, until the summer of 2008.

Between 2006-2009, Telespan spent his summers as part of the coaching staff at Ray Reid Soccer School/University of Connecticut residential camp. As a camp coordinator, Telespan was responsible for technical and tactical instructions for college-bound soccer players.

Born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, Telespan came to the U.S. in 2003 after earning a full athletic scholarship from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). As the captain of the NYT men's soccer team, Silviu led the Bears to two NCAA appearances and three New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. In 2005, Telespan was named team MVP after leading his squad to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. Telespan started his playing career under the guidance of his father, a former national team player for Romania. The younger Telespan played in the second and third Divisions of the Romanian League. As a youth player, his team captured the U12 National Championship.

He holds a master's degree in Sports Business Management from Manhattanville College and a bachelor's in Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology.

Telespan holds foreign and domestic coaching licenses, including UEFA B and C licenses, Thüringer Fußball-Verband license (Germany), U.S. Soccer license, and West Ham United Academy Coaching Diploma.