Garvey enters his 3^rd year on the Spartan Baseball coaching staff after a four-year playing career at STAC.  As a player at St. Edmunds Prep he set the all-time fielding percentage record while serving as captain on a team in school history.  At St. Thomas he was converted to catcher and hit .462 in limited at-bats in 2008. Voted captain in 2009, he helped the team to a regular season and conference tournament finish of 3rd. During his senior year he served as player-coach, tutoring the younger catchers. He graduated STAC in 2009 with a 3.3 GPA in Sports Management (Honor Society). 

Immediately after graduating he was hired as an assistant and began his master's work in secondary education and is currently working on a Masters in Sports Management. Administratively Garvey serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for Spartan Baseball. His coaching responsibilities are instructing the catchers and managing the strength & conditioning program. Outside of his baseball responsibilities, he serves as the Director of the Spartan Fitness Center and serves in a part-time role assisting the Athletic Director and the Admissions Director. This past summer he served as the General Manager and head coach for the Hudson Mudcats of the WRWBL.