Murray Garvin

Teams coached: South Carolina State Bulldogs
South Carolina State record: 82-168 (.328)
Overall record^: 82-168 (.328)

Murray Garvin
Born January 25, 1974
Hometown: Pikeville, Kentucky
Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky University (BS, 1998)
Started his coaching career after graduating from EKU, spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Tates Creek HS (KY)
Spent the next four seasons serving as both AD and head basketball coach at Clinton JC in Rock Hill, SC
- Went 61-21 overall and led the team to a Carolina’s JC Conference D-I title in 2004; Garvin was selected as the conference’s Coach of the Year
Left CJC in 2005 to join Barclay Radebaugh‘s staff at Charleston Southern, where he worked for three seasons
After three years at D-II Winston-Salem State, Garvin arrived at South Carolina State in 2010 and spent two seasons assisting head coach Tim Carter
- Carter resigned in February 2013 and Garvin took over head coaching duties for the remaining nine games of the season
- Named the Bulldogs’ permanent head coach after the season, a position he has held ever since
- Led the team to the 2016 CIT, the first postseason appearance for the program since 2003
- In March 2021, it was announced that SC State would not be renewing Garvin’s contract; he was 82-168 overall in 8+ seasons
In May 2021, Garvin became the head boys’ basketball coach at Dunbar HS in Lexington, KY
Became head coach at Frederick Douglass HS in Lexington in April 2024

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only