Bio

Born and raised in Belle Fourche, SD, Marvin Garrett hit the ground wanting to ride anything that bucked. Garrett was All-State and All-American wrestling champion during his senior year of high school in 1982. He received wrestling scholarships from Iowa and North Dakota, and Wyoming. Instead, he decided to pursue rodeo.

Garrett joined the PRCA in 1984. That same year, he was the 1984 PRCA bareback riding Rookie of the Year. He would then go on to win the PRCA Mountain States Circuit bareback riding championship in 1987, 1988, and 1990. He was a member of the U.S. rodeo team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He won the PRCA bareback riding world championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 1988, 1989, 1994, and 1995. He also won the NFR bareback riding average in 1989 and 1995. He later won the PRCA Badlands Circuit bareback riding championship in 2001. He qualified for the NFR a total of 12 times in his career, making himself known not only as an outstanding bareback rider but also as an outstanding person. He now passes that wisdom down to the student-athletes at Gillette College, ranching with his wife, Lisa, and enjoying his grandkids.