Ari Stern enters his first year as Director of Basketball Operations in 2022-23 for the Pioneers.
Stern comes to Denver after spending the past three years at Duquesne.
He spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as a graduate assistant with the men’s basketball program, and the 2021-22 year as Assistant AD/Basketball Administration.
A former four-year player at The College of Wooster, Stern originally came to Duquesne after serving as a player development intern for the Dallas Mavericks in 2018-19.
While with the Mavs, Stern collaborated with coaches in helping facilitate practices, individual workouts and game day activities. He also contributed to Dallas’ analytic efforts by assisting with film breakdown.
The Phoenix, Ariz. native has also worked extensively at a number of national and international basketball academies, clinics and camps.
A team captain at Wooster, Stern was part of teams that compiled a 90-30 record and made four NCAA Division III Championship appearances under head coach Steve Moore, who currently ranks second on the Division III career wins list.
A graduate of Sunnyslope High School, Stern was one of ten players named to the statewide All-Academic Boys Basketball Team (Divisions I and II) as a senior. Stern helped the Vikings to the state semifinals twice as they went a combined 57-8 during his junior and senior years.
Stern graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology from Wooster in 2018. As part of his degree requirement, he studied the effects of mindset on athletic performance and persistence for his senior independent study thesis. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and the NABC Honors Court.
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