MOSCOW, Idaho - Veteran Lewis-Clark State College basketball coach George Pfeifer has joined Leonard Perry's staff at the University of Idaho, UI officials announced Tuesday.
"George brings a tremendous amount to the table," Perry said. "He is a proven winner on the court and he knows how to attract quality student-athletes to our program - both invaluable assets in a basketball coach."
In a storied career at Lewis-Clark State College, Pfeifer compiled a 296-208 record (a winning percentage of 58.7 percent). Over the past six seasons, he was 140-56 (71.4) and won back-to-back Frontier Conference titles (2004 and 2005) for the first time in school history. During his tenure, the Warriors qualified for the National NAIA Tournament six times. He is 34-19 in post-season competition. Prior to Pfeifer taking over as head coach, LCSC had won just one post-season game in school history - and that was in 1947.
Pfeifer leaves LCSC after 16 seasons as its head coach. Along the way, he set personal and team marks with 296 career victories and a 31-victory campaign in 2003-04 - both Warrior records.
"I've always known I wanted to work in this world," Pfeifer said. "With that being said, what was important for me was if I was going to leave LCSC, it would be to go to work for someone who I thought did it right and was industrious and hard-working.
"As an alum and having the chance to work with coach Perry - that's why coming to Idaho was a no-brainer."
Prior to accepting the LCSC heading coaching job in 1989, he was an assistant with the Warriors for two seasons. He also was head women's coach at Rocky Mountain College for two seasons and was a high school coach at Montana's Hardin High School and at his own high school, St. Maries.
Pfeifer graduated from LCSC in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science and a minor in Physical Education and Coaching. He earned his master's degree in Educational Secondary Administration from UI in 1989.
He and his wife, Susan, have three children - Duncan, Jennifer and Abigail.
