Coach Harbert has coached the wrestling, cross country, and lacrosse teams at Saint Vincent College for 33 years. His student/athletes have participated in various athletic national championships and won numerous Saint Vincent and National academic awards. Harbert was a PA State Wrestling Champion at Shippensburg University and attended the Olympic Trials. He has been awarded the NAIA "District Coach of the Year" and the "Letterman of Distinction Award." While at Saint Vincent he has brought the men's lacrosse team from a club team to a varsity sports program. He coached the North Team in the Allegheny Lacrosse League's All-Star game four times, served as the League's commissioner, and started the Latrobe Summer Lacrosse program. He is also responsible for establishing Saint Vincent College's first women's lacrosse team.

Coach Harbert has also been the director for the NIKE Girls Lacrosse camp held on campus since 2004.  The 2007 NIKE Girl's Lacrosse Camp will be July 8 - 12 and will feature D-I, D-II and D-III outstanding coaches.

Coach Harbert works with youth groups as well as other developmental camps in area.

His women's lacrosse team has won the "Sportswomen of The Year Award" sponsored by the Women's Sport Foundation and the Westmoreland YWCA as well as past graduate Hannah Doblick being the recipient of the  "Sportswoman of the Year."  Three of his players participated in the NCAA North/South Senior All-Star games.  

For the past three years the Lady Bearcats have been recognized for academic achievement and the 2006 squad made the top 33 teams in the USA, NCAA D-III, named by the IWLCA for Academic Honors and two players selected to the IWLCA Individual Academic Honor Roll.

Coach Harbert has worked with the Japanese Lacrosse Association and is currently active on the US Lacrosse College Coaches Council.

Tess, a former top runner for the Saint Vincent women's cross country team, has joined coach Tom Harbert's lacrosse coaching staff as a graduate assistant.  During her running career at Saint Vincent, which spanned from 2004-07, Tess was named to the Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll, and was an ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee.  As a senior, she earned PAC Coaches Honors with her top-10 finish at the 2007 PAC Championships.  She also took first-place overall in the 2007 Saint Vincent Invitational, which included 119 runners from 13 different colleges.  She is also a permanent member of the Saint Vincent College 19 and 20-minute clubs.

Tess graduated from Saint Vincent with honors with a B.A. in Religious Education, and taught Theology at Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, PA for two years.  She also served as Head Women's Cross Country coach at the University of Pittsburgh @ Johnstown.  Tess is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, and is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Saint Vincent College.