Coach. After serving in the US Navy and completing college studies, George Pfeifer came “home” to Boys Town, his alma mater, early in the 1950’s and enjoyed an outstanding head coaching career in basketball and track, and helped with football. His Cowboy basketball teams won the Class A state championship in 1965 and 1966 and his track team was the Class A 1954 champ. He was also the No. 2 man on the Boys Town staff when the school won 1956 and 1957 basketball titles. His track programs turned out some great runners, among them Hall of Fame inductees Charles Jones and Barney Hill. He served as Boys Town’s junior high principal and the school’s athletic director for many years. Graduated in 1944 from Boys Town and earned degrees from Fort Hays State and University of Nebraska-Omaha.
