Giorgis graduated from
SUNY Cortland with a
bachelor's degree in health education in 1977, and earned a
master's degree from
Virginia Tech in 1982. Before his time at Marist, Giorgis built a powerhouse for 19 seasons coaching high-school girls' basketball, as well as other sports, and as a teacher of biology and health at
Our Lady of Lourdes High School in
Poughkeepsie, NY. Giorgis led the Lourdes girls' basketball team to four consecutive state championships during his tenure as coach, and he compiled a 451–44 record. He is the only coach in New York scholastic sports history to bring teams in four different sports to the state Final Four, as he also led Lourdes' baseball, softball and volleyball teams. In November 2025, Our Lady of Lourdes High School announced they plan to dedicate its gymnasium in his honor, in a ceremony to take place in December 2025.
Marist College Women's Basketball Head Coach (2002–2023) In 2002, he was hired as
head coach at nearby
Marist College. Giorgis had much success with the Marist women's program, and spent his entire Division I coaching career there. ==Head coaching record==