Tim Bergstraser Explained

Tim Bergstraser
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Minnesota State–Moorhead
Current Conference:NSIC
Player Years1:2009–2013
Player Team1:St. Cloud State
Coach Team1:St. Cloud State (student assistant)
Coach Years1:2013–2014
Coach Team2:Wisconsin–River Falls (assistant)
Coach Years2:2014–2015
Coach Team3:MSU–Moorhead (graduate assistant)
Coach Years3:2015–2017
Coach Team4:Quincy (assistant)
Coach Years4:2017–2018
Coach Team5:MSU–Moorhead (assistant)
Coach Years5:2018–2022
Coach Team6:MSU–Moorhead
Coach Years6:2022–present
Tournament Record:1–2 (NCAA Division II)
Championships:NSIC tournament (2023)

Tim Bergstraser is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons men's basketball team.

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]

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albany's Tysen Gerads commits to MSU-Moorhead basketball. St. Cloud Times. August 3, 2022. November 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: St. Cloud native Tim Bergstraser following in his college coach's footsteps. Andy. Rennecke. StCloudLive.com. January 19, 2024. November 21, 2024.
  3. Web site: College notebook: Hellenthal fills QU staff, Notteboom heads to Lipscomb, Schmitt heads to New Mexico State. Matt. Schuckman. Herald-Whig. September 1, 2017. November 21, 2024.
  4. Web site: Welk lands SCSU men's assistant basketball job. St. Cloud Times. April 10, 2014. November 21, 2024.
  5. Bergstraser, Westberg Join Men's Basketball Coaching Staff. UWRF Sports Information. September 15, 2014. November 21, 2024.
  6. Web site: 'I understand how this beast operates:' Dragons assistant Bergstraser says he's ready to be head coach. Eric. Peterson. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. May 3, 2022. November 20, 2024.
  7. Bergstraser Named MSUM Men's Basketball Assistant Coach. Tom. Berg. Minnesota State–Moorhead Athletic Department. May 24, 2018. November 20, 2024.
  8. Web site: Heart of a teacher': Dragons name Tim Bergstraser head men's basketball coach. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. May 16, 2022. November 20, 2024.
  9. Web site: Dragons double down: MSUM powers to 2nd consecutive NSIC tournament crown. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. November 21, 2024.

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