Joined Virginia Tech men’s basketball staff: 2016 and enters his seventh year with the program.
With the Hokies: Garnes is responsible for managing all of the equipment for the players, coaches and support staff. He oversees ordering items, managing gamedays with the upkeep of jerseys, shorts, socks and shoes, as well as keeping in line the managers’ duties with clothing for practices, road trips and more.
Prior to the men’s basketball staff: Prior to joining the equipment staff, Garnes spent 18 years on the Virginia Tech football staff in operations. Garnes served four years as a student manager for football while a student at Tech.
Education: Virginia Tech, 1994 (B.S. Sports Management); Virginia Tech, 1996 (M.S. Higher Education).
Personal: The Ridgeway, Virginia native is married to the former Ashleigh Waddle, and the couple has a son, Bodie.
Bruce Garnes
Assistant Director, Equipment Servicesbgarnes@vt.eduEmail