Bio

Justin Haffner begins his first season as the tight ends/special teams coordinator at Garden City Community College. 

Hafner graduated from Mayville State University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in university studies. He played wide receiver, kicker, and punter for the Comets.

Hafner began his coaching career as a student assistant at Mayville State University in 2016.He then took a job at Red River High School in Grand Forks, ND during the 2017 season and helped mold Tyler Burian into an All-Conference WR.

Haffner then moved back into college coaching with a stint at Independence Community College, where he helped coach the offensive line and tight ends in 2018. The following year, he was hired at Midwestern State, where he coached Quinton Childs and Lazarus Fisher, two All-Conference running backs in the same season.

Hafner spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as an offensive intern helping with the quarterbacks at the University of Montana.

Most recently Hafner took over as recruiting coordinator, tight ends and running backs coach at Rocky Mountain College in the 2022 and 2023 season, where he coached All-Conference running back Zaire Wilcox.