| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Denver |
| Conference | Summit |
| 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 | 75–22 (.773) |
| Tournaments | 3–3 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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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.
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]
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]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Denver: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 75–22 (.773) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||