Former Idaho mentor George Pfeiffer is again back in the coaching ranks, having just been hired to run the men's basketball program at Montana State Billings.
Here's the press release:
June 18, 2008
MSUB Names George Pfeifer New Head Men’s Basketball Coach
BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings Director of Athletics, Dr. Gary Gray, announced Wednesday that former University of Idaho head men’s basketball coach, George Pfeifer, has been hired as the new head men’s basketball coach.
“I am extremely pleased that Coach Pfeifer has accepted our offer to become our new men’s basketball coach,” Gray said. “George brings a wealth of basketball experience and success to MSUB, particularly from his many years as head coach in a very talented NAIA program at LCSC. In fact, LCSC was a provisional NCAA Division II member for a few of those years so he is no stranger to Division II. In addition, he has recruited against and competed well against some of the most successful Division II programs in the West Region. George also has a strong record of fund raising in the Lewiston community, and he built a model camp structure at LCSC over his many years there. We welcome Coach Pfeifer as the newest member of the Yellowjackets.”
Pfeifer comes to MSUB after three years at the University of Idaho where he served one year as assistant coach and two as head coach. Pfeifer guided the Vandals to a 12-48 record in his two years as head coach... Go here for the remainder.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
George Pfeiffer is back in coaching
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2 comments:
Good luck guys - coming off great record at Idaho, ha, ha. Maybe he'll find himself in the right division.
What do you mean good luck? Idaho pulled the trigger to soon in letting Coach Pfeiffer go. It takes years to turn such a program around. Did the AD really think it would happen in two seasons? I watched Coach Pfeiffer run a very successful program in Lewiston, ID at LCSC for many years. The problem is Idaho has no patience - they think they are going to compete for a WAC championship overnight. If Idaho would have stuck it out and kept Coach Pfeiffer they would definitely have a better record then 8 and 9 and ranked second to last in the WAC. Coach Pfeiffer would have them competing in the top of the WAC.
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