Born in
Worcester, Massachusetts, Livesey was raised in
Ringwood, New Jersey and played prep baseball at
Lakeland Regional High School in
Wanaque, New Jersey. He enrolled at
Auburn University, where he played
college baseball for the
Auburn Tigers. He played professionally from 1988 through 1995. Livesey served as hitting coach for multiple Pirates' minor league affiliates, working for the single-A
Lynchburg Hillcats in 2003 and the triple-A
Nashville Sounds in 2004. Livesey then managed the
Gulf Coast League Pirates to a 28-26 record in the 2005 season before serving as the bench coach for the
Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2006-2009 and the
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2010. The
Pittsburgh Pirates hired Livesey as their minor league hitting coordinator, and he served in the role from 2011 through 2013. After the 2013 season, the Pirates added Livesey to their major league coaching staff. He was a member of the Pirates' coaching staff, as the assistant hitting coach under
Jeff Branson, from 2014 through 2018. The
Miami Marlins hired Livesey to their coaching staff as assistant hitting coach before the 2019 season. On April 19, 2019, Livesey was promoted to
hitting coach when
Mike Pagliarulo was fired. Following the 2019 season, Livesey was reassigned to the position of minor league hitting coordinator for the Marlins. On January 17, 2026, Livesey was named as hitting coach of the
Reading Fightin Phils the Double-A affiliate of the
Philadelphia Phillies. ==Personal life==