DU hoops has a new boss.
The Pioneers hired Tim Bergstraser on Monday to be the program’s next head coach. Bergstraser comes to DU from Minnesota State Moorhead, where he built the Dragons into a strong Division II program over the last three years.
“At the onset of this search, we prioritized finding a proven high-character winner with head coaching experience that can be a leader for our student-athletes on and off the court with intimate knowledge of the Summit League,” DU vice chancellor for athletics Josh Berlo said in a statement. “We found exactly that in Tim Bergstraser. He has succeeded at a very high level, competing for recruits and living in the Summit League’s footprint.”
At Minnesota State Moorhead, Bergstraser led the Dragons to three straight 25-win seasons for the first time in schools history, culminating in a 25-9 season in 2024-25 in which they won another conference tournament title and reached the NCAA Division II Sweet 16.
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He played collegiately at St. Cloud State, where the 6-foot-6 center was introduced to coaching as a student assistant in 2013-14.
Bergstraser is the 34th coach in DU history and takes over for Jeff Wulbrun, who coached the Pioneers for four seasons and in 2023-24 led them to within one win of their first NCAA Tournament appearance via a showing in Summit League championship game. It was the program’s first conference title game appearance since 2005.
Wulbrun was 53-74 in his tenure. He was put on leave on Feb. 21 and didn’t return to coach. Assistant Shammond Williams served as DU’s interim coach after Wulburn’s exit.
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