Janelle Silver-Martin returned to the nest in April of 2025 for her first season as an assistant coach with Raina Harmon.

She was a WBCA 30-under-30 selection and a National Basketball Coaches Academy participant with Morgan State in 2024. Silver-Martin has spent the last two seasons with the Bears in an assistant coach role.

Prior to Morgan State, Silver-Martin spent two seasons as the director of basketball operations at the University of Richmond. The Spiders made the second round of the WNIT in 2023. Silver-Martin made three stops before coming back to Fort Myers, spending the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach for Valdosta State.

In 2019-2020, Silver-Martin was the video coordinator for a 30-3 FGCU Eagles squad, which won an ASUN regular-season title before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19. Her first coaching staff job was as an assistant coach at Washington Adventist University before Smekso took her under his wing a year later in 2019.

Collegiately, she played guard at Ohio, Morgan State and St. Thomas graduated from St. Thomas in 2018 with her master's in sports administration.

"Janelle is truly the full package — she has a sharp basketball mind, great organizational skills, and a clear understanding of what it takes to thrive in a winning program," Harmon said. "During her time here as video coordinator under coach Smesko, she was part of a period of tremendous success and she continued to grow and excel at Richmond, another highly successful program. Janelle's experience, work ethic, and commitment to excellence will be a huge asset to our staff and our players."

Silver-Martin is married to Thomas Martin and has two daughters, Skylar and Dakota, and stepson, Thomas Jr.