Tim Bergstraser is in his first season as the head men's basketball coach at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He was named to the post in May 2022. In 2021-22, he completed his fourth season as the top assistant coach for Minnesota State University Moorhead men's basketball in 2021-22. He has been involved in all aspects of the Dragon program, including recruiting and scouting.  The St. Cloud native has helped the Dragons to two straight NCAA tournament appearances (2020-21 and 2021-22) and to the Dragons' first-ever NSIC tournament championship in March 2022.  Bergstraser is no stranger to MSUM men's basketball, having served as a graduate assistant from 2015-17.  During his time at MSUM,, the Dragons went 54-12, won two division championships and an overall conference championship in 2016-2017.  The Dragons also went to two consecutive NCAA tournaments with Bergstraser on staff. For his efforts, Bergstraser received the NABC Under Armour 30-Under-30 award.  He spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Quincy (Ill.) During the 2014-2015 season, Bergstraser served as an assistant coach the the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

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Ali Farokhmanesh is in his fifth year as an assistant coach with the Colorado State men’s basketball program in 2022-23. He helped ead the turnaround in the CSU program from 11 wins in 2017-18 before he arrived to three consecutive postseason invitations, the most conference wins in back-to-back seasons and the highest win percentage in program history in 2021-22. He was named one of the top 40 coaches (head and assistant) under 40 by ESPN in 2020. He spent the 2017-18 year on Medved’s staff at Drake University, helping the Bulldogs to a 10-game turnaround from the previous year and most wins in Missouri Valley Conference action in 10 years. Prior to his year on the Bulldogs’ staff, Farokhmanesh spent the previous three seasons at the University of Nebraska, serving most recently as the Director of Player Relations and Development. At Nebraska, he managed and oversaw the off-the court responsibilities of the student-athletes including the implementation of mentoring programs and community outreach. On campus, he directed recruiting operations, including on-campus hosting duties. Following his storied career at UNI, Farokhmanesh spent four seasons playing professionally overseas in the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. In 2013-14, he was the Sixth Man of the Year in the Dutch Basketball League, averaging 10.4 points, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game. His best season was with SAM Massagno Basket in the Swiss league in 2010-11, where he averaged 19.5 points, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game while shooting 48 percent from 3-point range. 

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Coach Joe Stasyszyn has 30+ years of skill development and coaching experience. He joined USA Basketball as a Player Development Speaker and Clinician at USAB National Academies and Regional Clinics across the U.S. He recently retired from his position as Athletic Director for West Perry High School. Joe was also formerly the National Director of Basketball and Youth Fitness at 24 Hour Fitness, where he managed programs in over 450 facilities nationwide. This position gave him the opportunity to work with countless elite NBA and WNBA coaches and players. He is also a 20+ year veteran coach at the Duke University Basketball Camp where he has gotten to know and befriend the Duke coaching staff, including Assistant Coach Chris Carrawell and Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski. Joe began his career in sports as an assistant coach at Dickinson College and later was the head boys’ varsity coach at Carlisle High School in Pennsylvania for 10 years. Joe Stasyszyn is currently the director of Unleashed Potential, a basketball skill development company, based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has spoken at the Boston Celtic’s Coaches Clinic in Boston to over 100 of their Youth Basketball Jr. Celtic Coaches from all over New England. 

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Kevin knows what it takes to build a program, and he is taking these skills to his new job, Walnut Grove High School. 

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Don Showalter is a 10x Gold Medal winner with USA Basketball!  He also served a high school coach in Iowa for over 40 years, and runs Snow Valley Camps.  Coach Showalter has so much knowledge to share with us on the podcast.  Connect with him on Twitter @dshow23

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49:45 First Year Coaches

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This solo episode of the Champions 101 Culture & Leadership Podcast, hosted by Travis Daugherty, focuses on a topic of interest to coaches everywhere: building toughness. Of course, each player in our program is responsible for making choices that determine their own level of toughness, but as coaches and leaders, we have a huge influence on the identity our individuals and our teams develop. We'll take a deeper look at the part we play in building a culture of toughness. 

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