[1] Giovatto attended Xavier High School where he played forward on the soccer team.
He then got a scholarship to play at Iona College and graduated in 1997 receiving a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication.
[1] On August 22, 2007, Giovatto was appointed just the fourth head coach in the history of the St. Francis Brooklyn men's soccer program.
Giovatto's squads have been nationally ranked and he has helped coach two All-Americans, Kevin Correa and Vincent Bezecourt.
The 2015 Terriers started the season unbeaten in their first 9 games and as a result were ranked at 22nd Nationally by the NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll for the first time in the Tom Giovatto era.