Tim Bergstraser Former Minnesota State Moorhead head coach Tim Bergstraser was named Denver’s 34th head men’s basketball coach on April 14, 2025, and will officially make his debut on the Pioneers bench in November, 2025.
Prior to Denver, Bergstraser went 75-22 in three seasons as the head coach at MSU Moorhead, leading the Dragons to three-consecutive 25-win seasons for the first time in program history. Prior to Bergstraser successfully taking over as the head coach, the Dragons hadn’t produced a 20-win season since going 24-6 in the 2016-17 campaign.
In his collegiate playing career at St. Cloud State, Bergstraser helped the Huskies to the NCAA Final Four in the 2009-10 season and earned all-conference honors in 2011-12, averaging 12.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Following the 2011-12 campaign, Bergstraser’s career was cut short due to his third ACL knee injury. St. Cloud State’s Athletic Director and head coach at the time collaborated to provide Bergstraser a scholarship which came along with the early opportunity to get into coaching as a student assistant and remain a part of the program for the 2013-14 season where Bergstraser found his passion for the profession.
