Lovell participated in cross country and was a distance runner at Tom C. Clark High School in his native San Antonio and at Texas A&M-Commerce, receiving a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Sports Science in 1995.
After beginning his coaching career as an assistant women's track and field coach at his alma mater, he was named Head Boys' and Girls' Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Antonian. He coached there for eight years, leading Antonian to two boys' class 5A cross country championships and one girls' class 5A state cross country title. He was named Boys' Cross Country Coach of the Week by ESPN in 1999, San Antonio Sports Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2001, and was inducted into the Antonian High School Hall of Fame in 2004.
Moving on to the collegiate ranks, Lovell was the first head cross country and track and field coach at the College of the Southwest, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics member school in Hobbs, New Mexico. In his second season, his men's team won the Red River Conference cross country championship while his women's team won the RRAC outdoor track and field title. He coached nine All-Conference student-athletes, one of whom was All-Region and All-American, and was named RRAC Men's and Women’s Coach of the Year. He also coached the New Mexico Junior College women's track and field team in the spring of 2005.
"I had a great experience at College of the Southwest," said Lovell. "It took us about a year to get things going, but we got it going in my second year."
At UMass Dartmouth, Lovell was named Assistant Athletic Director and Head Track & Field Coach. At UMass, Lovell guided the men’s and women’s track & field teams to a second place conference finish, which was the highest placing in conference for UMass in 10 years. During that same season Lovell coached Jon Garcia to his 3rd NCAA individual title in the 110 Hurdles, which was held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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