Career
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. After serving as head coach for sixteen seasons at LCSC, his alma mater, Pfeifer left the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics college to become an assistant in the Women's Army Corps at Idaho under Leonard Perry for the 2005-2006 season. Perry was fired in March 2006 and Pfeifer became the head coach, and compiled a two-season record of 12-48 (200).
He was fired in 2008 with one year remaining on his three-year contract, succeeded by Don Verlin, an assistant at Utah State University and a previous finalist for the job in 2006.
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.
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 girl"s basketball coach at Saint Maries High School, his alma mater.
