George Pfeifer

{{short description|American college basketball coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Distinguish|Georgy Pfeiffer}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = George Pfeifer

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| birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1955}}

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| alma_mater = Lewis–Clark State, 1979

| coach_years1 = 1977–1979

| coach_team1 = Lewis–Clark State (GA){{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fIRfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5791%2C120869 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=(photo) |title=Warriors |date=January 1, 1978 |page=3B}}

| coach_years2 = 1979–1982

| coach_team2 = St. Maries HS (girls')

| coach_years3 = 1982–1984

| coach_team3 = Hardin HS

| coach_years4 = 1984–1985

| coach_team4 = Rocky Mountain (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1985–1987

| coach_team5 = Rocky Mountain (women's assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1987–1989

| coach_team6 = Lewis-Clark State (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 1989–2005

| coach_team7 = Lewis-Clark State

| coach_years8 = 2005–2006

| coach_team8 = Idaho (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 2006–2008

| coach_team9 = Idaho

| coach_years10 = 2008–2011

| coach_team10 = Montana State - Billings

| coach_years11 = 2011–2012

| coach_team11 = Montana State (assistant)

| overall_record = 340–299 (college)

| coach_years12 = 2014–2016

| coach_team12 = Lewis & Clark HS

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George Pfeifer (born 1955) is an American college basketball coach, whose last assignment was as an assistant coach at Montana State University in Bozeman.

He is a former head coach at three different college programs: Lewis–Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho, the University of Idaho in Moscow, and Montana State - Billings.{{cite news|title=Pfeifer new head coach at Billings |url=http://www.lmtribune.com/breaking-news/626/ |accessdate=30 October 2010 |newspaper=Lewiston Tribune |date=19 June 2008 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After serving as head coach for sixteen seasons at LCSC, his alma mater, Pfeifer left the NAIA college to become an assistant in the WAC at Idaho under Leonard Perry for the {{nowrap|2005–06}} season. Perry was fired after the last game in March;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SGlWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4979%2C7413268 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Hinton |first=Jay |title=Last jam for UI, Perry |date=March 10, 2006 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gdoyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2932%2C1248586 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Bauer |first=Doug |title=Idaho pulls the plug on Perry |date=March 10, 2006 |page=1B}} Pfeifer was promoted later in the {{nowrap|month,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L4JfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4748%2C3239403 |work=Lewiston Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Grummert |first=Dale |title=Pfeifer ascends to Vandals' helm |date=March 26, 2006 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9oyAAAAIBAJ&pg=4683%2C3495790 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Bauer |first=Doug |title=Pfeifer takes the reins |date=March 27, 2006 |page=1B}}}} then compiled a two-season record of {{winning percentage|12|48|record=y}}. He was fired in March 2008 with a year remaining on his three-year contract,{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/collection/argonaut/id/10830?_ga=2.235419784.883864253.1555461170-2101260250.1525192126 |work=Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |last=Jones |first=Hugh |title=Pfeifer dismissed |date=March 21, 2008 |page=B5}}{{cite web|agency=Associated Press |title=Pfeifer fired after two seasons, 12-48 record|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3300013|publisher=ESPN|access-date=October 30, 2010|date=March 18, 2008}} succeeded by Don Verlin, an assistant at {{nowrap|Utah State,{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Idaho hires Utah State assistant Don Verlin as head basketball coach|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3306115|publisher=ESPN|access-date=October 30, 2010|date=March 21, 2008}}}} and a previous finalist for the job {{nowrap|in 2006.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LoJfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3452%2C2952889 |work=Lewiston Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Grummert |first=Dale |title=Suddenly, Pfiefer's the choice |date=March 25, 2006 |page=1B}}}}

A few months later, Pfeifer was hired as the head coach at Montana State–Billings in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. After three seasons at the Division II school, his contract was not renewed in 2011 and he became an assistant coach in the Big Sky Conference under Brad Huse at Montana State in Bozeman.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2011-03-16-3850807359_x.htm USA Today] - Contract not renewed for MSUB's basketball coach - 2011-03-16

In 2013, Pfiefer started working in basketball operations under head coach Mark Few at Gonzaga University in Spokane.

In 2014, Pfeifer became the head coach at Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane. In his first season, he compiled a record {{nowrap|of 17–7,}} followed by {{nowrap|20–8}} in {{nowrap|2015–16}} and the Tigers placed sixth in the 4A state tournament. His two-year record at LC was {{winning percentage|37|15|record=y}}, but in the late summer of 2016, Priefer resigned as the head coach to pursue a full-time teaching job in Spokane.

Pfeifer received his bachelor's degree in social science from Lewis-Clark State in 1979 and later earned a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Idaho. His first job in 1979 was as a teacher and girls' basketball coach at St. Maries High School, his {{nowrap|alma mater.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ALJfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3019%2C4508292 |work=Lewiston Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Baney |first=Matt |agency=(commentary) |title=Chalk one up for the everyman |date=April 15, 2005 |page=1B}}}}