 In his fifth season as coach, the 2009–10 Mastodons squad posted their first ever winning record as a Division I basketball team.Upon joining the Summit League in the 2007–08 season, the Mastodons finished no worse than fifth place in conference play under Fife.Before the 2010–11 season, Fife had considered assistant coaching jobs at Indiana under Tom Crean and Michigan under John Beilein.