After quickly rebuilding the Lycoming College men's basketball team into a regional powerhouse,
Mike McGarvey is set for his fourth season as the head coach in 2021-22 and he is also set to continue to build the Lycoming golf program in his second season as head coach.
In three seasons in Lamade Gym, McGarvey has accumulated one of the best resumes in small college basketball, leading the team to two conference titles and one trip to the NCAA Championship. Along with a 36-25 overall record, McGarvey has coached five all-conference selections and one conference Rookie of the Year.
McGarvey led the Warriors to a remarkable resurgence in his second year as head coach, taking the team from a 5-11 conference record in 2018-19 to a 10-6 mark in 2019-20 while managing a roster filled with a school-record 11 freshmen. He also led the team to nine more wins during the season, finishing 20-9, and a run to the team's third MAC Commonwealth title in five years, as the Warriors won three games in a span of six days to win the title. For his efforts, he earned Honorable Mention City of Basketball Love Coach of the Year honors.
He helped the men's basketball team repeat their success in 2020-21 despite facing a shortened COVID-19-plagued season. The Warriors finished 5-2, finishing in second place in the regular season standings before beating DeSales, 69-53, in the MAC Freedom Championship game. Three Warriors were named to the all-conference team and two were first-team selections.
In 2017-18, McGarvey served as an assistant at Colgate, guiding the team to a program-record 19 wins, a Patriot League Championship game appearance, and Colgate’s first national postseason tournament appearance since 1996 when it earned a bid to the College Basketball Invitational. The Raiders finished a school-record 12-6 in Patriot League play, finishing in second place.
In seven seasons with the Raiders, McGarvey aided in the development of seven professional basketball players, nine all-league honorees, a Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and a Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
McGarvey came to Colgate from his alma mater, Ursinus College, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach. McGarvey assisted in all aspects of running the program and played a major role in recruiting, scouting, player development, film exchange, and fundraising while there. While with the Bears, McGarvey coached Nick Shattuck to All-American recognition in addition to mentoring a Josten's Trophy finalist.
As a player, McGarvey was a finalist in 2006 for the Josten’s Trophy. He was also a consensus two-time All-American and two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year.
Ursinus retired McGarvey's No. 11 jersey on Dec 1, 2010, honoring a career where his teams won three conference championships. He started every game of his career, and finished fourth on the school's all-time scoring chart with 1,460 points and he is still 14th in the Division III record book with 754 career assists. McGarvey holds the Centennial Conference records for career assists and steals, and single-season assists and steals. He was inducted into both the Ursinus College Hall of Fame (2016) and the Sam Cozen Philadelphia Area Small College Hall of Fame (2015).
McGarvey earned a Bachelor of Arts in business and economics from Ursinus in 2006. He and his wife, Caitlin, have two daughters, Finleigh and Rowan.
| The McGarvey File |
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| Hometown: Lower Gwynedd, Pa. |
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Family: Wife, Caitlin
Daughters, Finleigh, Rowan. |
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| Education |
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| 2006 |
Bachelor of Arts - Business and Economics |
Ursinus College |
| Playing Experience |
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| 2002-06 |
Ursinus College |
Guard |
| Coaching Experience |
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| 2006-07 |
Ursinus College |
Volunteer Assistant |
| 2008-11 |
Ursinus College |
Assistant Coach |
| 2011-18 |
Colgate University |
Assistant Coach |
| 2018- |
Lycoming College |
Head Coach |
| Awards & Honors |
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| 2019-20 |
Honorable Mention City of Basketball Love Coach of the Year |
| 2019-20 |
Robert Darrow Curry Coach of the Year |
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| 2020-21 |
Robert Darrow Curry Coach of the Year |
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| McGarvey Year-By-Year |
| Year |
W |
L |
Pct. |
Note |
| 2018-19 |
11 |
14 |
.440 |
Team set school-record with 257 made 3-pointers |
| 2019-20 |
20 |
9 |
.690 |
Team won MAC Commonwealth Championship |
| 2020-21 |
5 |
2 |
.714 |
Team won MAC Freedom Championship |
| Total |
36 |
25 |
.590 |
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