Slivinski finished his fourth year as an assistant coach with the Susquehanna baseball team in 2010.

He is a 2003 graduate of Albright College, where he pitched, played centerfield and and put up a career batting average of .311. In 2003, he earned first-team all-MAC honors while tying for second in NCAA Division III in saves. He holds the career and single-season saves records for the Lions.

Slivinski served as an assistant coach at Albright during the 2004 season before taking a coaching job at Great Mills (Md.) High School, where he helped the team to the state quarterfinals.

Before college, he pitched and played centerfield at local Selinsgrove (Pa.) High School. He now plays competitively for the Northumberland Diamondbacks in the North Branch League, based in Sunbury, Pa.

Outside of baseball, Slivinski works as a local attorney.