USM women's basketball coach Gary Fifield was a presence in his return to the sidelines during a 2009 game against the University of New England. Fifield, also the University of Southern Maine's associate director of athletics, returned to the sidelines after a year away.
Fifield prepared his team for the 2000 NCAA Division III tournament.
Fifield consoles his players after losing the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship to Washington University at the Hill Gymnasium in Gorham.
Fifield gives a pep talk to his 2004 team during a practice in Gorham.
Gary Fifield Day at the University of Southern Maine brought many of the athletes who played for the veteran coach over the years.
Fifield directs Katie Frost, right, as she guards Eastern Connecticut's Lindsey Karsmarski during a 2006 Little East Conference game at Warren G. Hill Gymnasium in Gorham.
Fifield tries to settle his team as players Trish Sylvain and Shannon Kynoch go wild after the Huskies hit a big shot down the stretch against Hardin Simmons University in the 2006 NCAA Division III Final Four game at Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass.
Fifield and St. Joseph's College coach Mike McDevitt coached against each other as rivals and spent five years together on the Southern Maine sidelines.
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