Tim Bergstraser
American basketball coach
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Tim Bergstraser is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Denver Pioneers men's basketball team.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Denver |
| Conference | Summit |
| Record | 15–17 (.469) |
| Playing career | |
| 2009–2013 | St. Cloud State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2014 | St. Cloud State (student assistant) |
| 2014–2015 | Wisconsin–River Falls (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | MSU–Moorhead (graduate assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Quincy (assistant) |
| 2018–2022 | MSU–Moorhead (assistant) |
| 2022–2025 | MSU–Moorhead |
| 2025–present | Denver |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 90–39 (.698) |
| Tournaments | 3–3 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Early life and playing career
Bergstraser grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and attended Apollo High School.[1]
Bergstraser played college basketball at St. Cloud State. As a freshman, he played in all 34 games of the Huskies games during the team's run to the 2010 NCAA Division II Final Four.[2] He tore the ACL in his left knee during preseason practice and used a medical redshirt during his sophomore season. As a redshirt sophomore, he averaged 12.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and was named second team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).[3] He tore his ACL again in the Huskies' second-round game of the 2012 NCAA Division II tournament. He averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 rebounds per game as a redshirt junior, but tore his ACL for a third time and retired from playing.[2]
Coaching career
Bergstraser began his coaching career as a student assistant for St. Cloud State in 2013 during what would have been his redshirt senior season as a player.[4] He was named an assistant at Wisconsin–River Falls the following season.[5] He took a graduate assistant position at Minnesota State–Moorhead in 2015. Bergstraser was an assistant at Quincy for the 2017–18 season.[6]
Bergstraser returned to Minnesota State–Moorhead in 2018 as the top assistant to Dragons head coach Chad Walthall.[7] He was named head coach following Walthall's retirement at the end of the 2022 season.[8] MSU–Moorhead won the NSIC tournament in his first season as head coach.[9]
Bergstraser was hired as the University of Denver's men's basketball coach in April 2025.[10]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Minnesota State–Moorhead (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2022–2025) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Minnesota State–Moorhead | 25–7 | 17–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Minnesota State–Moorhead | 25–6 | 18–4 | T–2nd | NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| 2024–25 | Minnesota State–Moorhead | 25–9 | 15–7 | T–2nd | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| Minnesota State–Moorhead: | 75–22 (.773) | 50–16 (.758) | |||||||
| Denver Pioneers (Summit League) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025–26 | Denver | 15–17 | 8–8 | T–4th | |||||
| Denver: | 15–17 (.469) | 8–8 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 90–39 (.698) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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