Lawton’s Michael Garvey has given nearly 40 years of service to teaching, coaching and administration in educational athletics, and was named the 2020 recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Charles E. Forsythe Award.
Garvey, who grew up mostly in Detroit, began his educational career in 1980 teaching at Marian Central Catholic in Woodstock, Ill., before returning to Michigan in 1985 to teach at Lawton High School. While at Lawton, he helped the Blue Devils’ wrestling program as an assistant coach, then head coach, for five Class D state championships, in the 80’s and 1990. He also served as athletic director at four schools over his career – at Lawton, Delton Kellogg, Otsego and Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep, until 2018.
