Personal: The 2008-09 season will mark Murray Garvin's first year as a member of the Winston-Salem State University men's basketball coaching staff.

Prior to joining the Rams' coaching staff, Garvin spent three seasons at Charleston Southern University, serving all three seasons as an assistant coach under head coach Barclay Radebaugh.

Before his coaching tenure at Charleston Southern, Garvin was at Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill, S.C., where he spent four years as the head men's basketball coach and athletic director.

Garvin compiled a 66-45 record at Clinton over his four-season tenure, including a 37-11 conference record in his final three seasons. His teams won 22 of their last 23 games at home over that same three-year period.

Garvin was named Carolinas Junior College Conference Coach of the Year for the 2003-04 season after leading his team to the conference tournament championship. During his career at Clinton none of his four teams finished lower than second in the conference regular season standings.

Prior to his tenure at Clinton, Garvin was an assistant coach at Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky, for three seasons.

Garvin, a native of Pikeville, Kentucky, is a 1998 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University. He and his wife, Latanza, have an eight-year old daughter, Khalia, and a one-year old daughter, Jaila.