Tim Bergstraser

Tim Bergstraser is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Denver Pioneers men's basketball team.

Early life and playing career Bergstraser grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and attended Apollo High School.

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. 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). 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. He was named an assistant at Wisconsin–River Falls the following season. He took a graduate assistant position at Minnesota State–Moorhead in 2015. Bergstraser was an assistant at Quincy for the 2017–18 season.

Bergstraser returned to Minnesota State–Moorhead in 2018 as the top assistant to Dragons head coach Chad Walthall. He was named head coach following Walthall's retirement at the end of the 2022 season. MSU–Moorhead won the NSIC tournament in his first season as head coach.

Bergstraser was hired as the University of Denver's men's basketball coach in April 2025.

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