Gary Haverfield will be entering his fourth season on the Montana Western coaching staff in 2026-27.
In his third year with the program, Montana Western to a 20-9 overall record, the first 20-win season since 2018.
The year was highlighted by three wins over teams in the NAIA Top-25, including an upset victory over the no. 1 and reigning national champion College of Idaho.
During his time at Montana Western, he has helped coach two NAIA All-Americans, a NABC All-Region honoree, A Bevo Francis Top 100 player, a Frontier Freshman of the Year, a Frontier Newcomer of the Year, 17 all-conference selections, 12 CSC academic all-district selections, 25 academic all-conference selections, and 14 NAIA Daktronics scholar-athletes.
Haverfield brings an extensive background in basketball with over 30 years of coaching experience at a variety of levels. He has found success coaching in both Montana and South Dakota across his career, serving as an assistant coach on multiple boys and girls high school state championship and state qualifying teams at Park High School in South Dakota and at Beaverhead County High School in Dillon, Mont. In addition to his coaching at the high school level, he has coached on a number of AAU basketball teams.
Recently, Haverfield has retired from his role as an administrator at Beaverhead County High School. In his 37 years, Haverfield has served in a number of roles as an educator, activities director, basketball coach, and superintendent.
Following a short stint at Montana State University-Northern, Haverfield competed in both basketball and track and field for UMW in the early 80’s. He was named an all-conference point guard in basketball.
