JEFF HAFER
Assistant Coach

     Jeff Hafer is in his fifth season as the assistant basketball coach at Pittsburg State University after being hired to join the Gorillas staff full-time on May 14, 2003.
     Hafer became a full-time staff member after two years as a graduate assistant with the Pitt State program.
     A Joplin, Mo., native, Hafer completed a four-year playing career at the University of Missouri during the 1999-2000 season. He averaged 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, leading the Tigers to a second straight trip to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.
     Hafer, whose MU career spanned 112 games, shares the Tigers' single game record for blocked shots (5) and he ranks fifth on MU's all-time steals list (169). He was named to the Big XII Conference All-Freshman Team in 1996-97 when he averaged 6.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game despite missing seven games due to injury.
     Hafer earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Missouri in 2000 and a master's degree in business administration at Pittsburg State University in December 2003.
     Jeff and his wife, Anne, have a son, Thomas, 6, a daughter, Ella Rose, 4, and a son, Joseph Whitfield, who turned 2 on Oct. 1.
     The Hafers reside in Pittsburg.