Coach Tom Harbert is entering his 46th year as a head coach at Saint Vincent College.  Beginning his career as the school's wrestling coach, he has also coached men's cross country and men's lacrosse before his current duties of women's cross country and women's lacrosse head coach.  He was instrumental in creating both the men's and women's lacrosse programs, and is the lone coach in the history of Lady Bearcat cross country.

Under Harbert's guidance, the Lady Bearcat runners have been consistenly strong.  Since joining the Presidents' Athletic Conference for the 2006 season, the Lady Bearcats have finished in the top three at the conference championships in all three seasons, while turning in a 10th place finish at the 2008 ECAC championship and a 12th place finish in 2009.  Prior to joining the NCAA Division-III and the PAC, the Lady Bearcats were a consistent force in the NAIA, capped off with the team's first top-25 ranking in 2005. 

Over the years, his teams have won numerous invitationals, while his runners have also displayed excellence in academics, as 25 Lady Bearcats have been named to the PAC's Academic Honor Roll dating back to 2006.  His 2008 squad also received the Sportswomen's Foundation Team Award.

A native of Wilkinsburg, PA and graduate of Shippensburg University, Harbert was a top wrestler, winning the PSAC title as a senior before being selected for the United States Olympic Trials.  He was also a member of the Shippensburg track team, running the one and two-mile events.  He continued to run competitively following graduation, participating in four marathons, and collected a third place finish in one held at Cabos San Lucas in Mexico.  He also won the United States Masters Wrestling Tournament at the University of Pennsylvania.

Harbert has picked up a number of accolades over the course of his career, including NAIA District Cross Country Coach of the Year,  while he received the Saint Vincent College Letterman of Distinction Award, was inducted into the Southwestern Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame at the 2001 Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic, and into the Tri-Boro chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He directed the 2004 American Mideast Conference National Qualifying Cross Country Meet, as well as the 2007 Presidents' Athletic Conference championship, and serves on the ECAC Championship Cross Country Committee.  

He produced 35 NAIA National Qualifiers during his tenure, and a number of his runners remain active following graduation, including his current assistant coach Tess Jones, a 2007 SVC grad and a qualifier for the 2010 Boston Marathon. 

Tess, a former top runner for the Saint Vincent women's cross country team, has returned to the program, and will serve as a graduate assistant for Coach Harbert.  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, while she serves as Residence Hall Director of Gerard Hall.