Rich Silverstein is more than just the athletic director of the Solomon Schechter High School, he’s also a family man.

As director of the sports program, here at the Solomon Schechter High School, Silverstein was presented with many challenges.

“We had to build a brand new facility, purchase everything brand-new, hire physical education teachers, and train them.” However, along with challenges, come rewards.

When asked about his vision for the sports program, he responded, “We want to create a very competitive high school program, offering sports for every athlete.”

Since he was a child, Mr. Silverstein has been very interested in sports. In college, he majored in Physical Education. Making this decision for himself was very easy since he loved teaching and he also loved sports.

Coming out of college, he was an excellent baseball player, and an outstanding bowler. At one point, he was rated #1 in New York State for his bowling skills. He eventually turned pro, but after a year, decided that he did not want to spend the rest of his life bowling.

Silverstein currently lives with his eight-month-old-baby and his wife, who works in Rye Neck High School. From the looks of it, he is expecting his son to be a baseball player.

Before joining the Schechter staff, he had been a physical education teacher in both Rochester, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada. In all, Mr. Silverstein has been an athletic director for three years and has been teaching for over thirteen years. He has coached over forty teams, two of which have made it all the way to the state championship, volleyball and bowling. As a bowler, he has also been to the National Championship. One can see that Silverstein has already achieved many goals in his life.

When asked about his future, he stated, “I’d eventually like at least one of my athletes to receive a sports scholarship to college.”

He has also set some goals to reach in the coming years. In twenty years from now, he sees himself as the athletic director of a well-known college. Ultimately, he has other plans as well: “Upon retirement, I’d like to own a sports camp, where kids of all abilities could participate.”