Ali Farokhmanesh was named the 21st head men’s basketball coach at Colorado State University in program history on March 26, 2025. He spent seven seasons in Fort Collins as an assistant coach and associate head coach before taking over as the lead man of the Rams.
During his seven years as an assistant, he helped the Rams to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2022, 2024, 2025) and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT in 2021. Along with bringing home CSU’s first Mountain West Tournament title in 22 years.
Over his final four seasons as an assistant coach, Farokhmanesh has played a key role in developing NBA talents David Roddy, Isaiah Stevens and Nique Clifford. That trio, along with Nico Carvacho, has led Colorado State to have the longest active streak of first team All-Mountain West selections, standing at seven years. Colorado State has won 25-plus games in three of the past four seasons and 20-plus five times since Farokhmanesh arrived on the campus.
Farokhmanesh came to Fort Collins from Drake, where he was also an assistant coach for a season.
