At that time, Robert E. Lee had only had a girls basketball program for two years. In 1984, the door reopened for Coach Harvey on the college front. Harvey was offered the position as assistant coach of the women's program at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. As assistant coach from 1984 to 1990, Harvey filled the role as recruiting coordinator, as well. While with the Ladyjacks, Harvey saw the team visit the NCAA tournament four times during her six-season career at the university.
Hard work pays off over time.
In 1990, Harvey was named head coach for the Green Wave of Tulane University. In her first head coaching role, Harvey started the program basically from scratch and in 1994 finished with the team's first winning season ever. After building programs and seeing success, Harvey's services were always called upon by someone new. One state championship on the high school front, five NCAA appearances and one NIT appearance made Harvey's resume quite impressive. We struggled a bit at first, but we had a big win the Sunday before Christmas that really turned things around.