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Tim Bergstraser
American basketball coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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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]
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