Tim Bergstraser

Tim Bergstraser

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Minnesota State–Moorhead
Conference	NSIC
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–present	MSU–Moorhead
Head coaching record
Overall	64–21 (.753)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NSIC regular season (2023) 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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota State–Moorhead (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23	Minnesota State–Moorhead	25–7	17–5	1st	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	14–8	9–7
Minnesota State–Moorhead:		64–21 (.753)	44–16 (.733)
Total:		64–21 (.753)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

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

External links

• St. Cloud State Huskies player bio
• Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons bio