SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach on the sidelines at Nevada, Central Valley native Halie Bergman was named as an assistant coach with the Sacramento State women's basketball team on Wednesday.
"Halie came highly recommended by many for her relentless work ethic, being a great skill developer, and her ability to recruit," Head Coach Aaron Kallhoff said. "She will be a huge asset to our program going forward and we are excited for Halie to be here at Sacramento State."
One of the nation's top up-and-coming coaches in the women's game, Bergman was a "30 Under 30" honoree by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and was named one of Silver Waves Media's Top 50 Most Impactful Assistant Coaches in 2024.
Following her playing career with the Wolf Pack, she participated in the WBCA's "So You Want to be a Coach" program that assists female collegiate basketball players who are interested in pursuing a career in coaching women's basketball by providing them with professional development and career advancement through education, skills enhancement, networking and exposure opportunities.
"It's an honor to join the Sacramento State family and a tremendous opportunity to get closer to home where my basketball journey started," Bergman said. "I believe in what Coach Kallhoff is building and I'm excited to help create a championship program that Sacramento can be proud of."
Named as an assistant coach to the Nevada staff prior to the 2023-24 campaign, Bergman helped lead her alma mater to its second top-four finish in the Mountain West Conference in the last three seasons while serving as the program's co-recruiting coordinator, directing its domestic and international recruiting strategy.
During those three seasons, she helped mentor a trio of Nevada players to All-Mountain West honors, including last season's conference freshman of the year in Skylar Durley and a pair of all-conference selections in 2023-24.
Prior to her elevation to assistant coach, Bergman spent five years as the program's graduate assistant coach and director of player development. She had her hands in all aspects of the program's operation, impacting student-athletes on the court and in the classroom, assisting with daily operations, working on position-specific skill development, while also directing the program's community service efforts and coordinating academic support.
A three-year letter winner for the Wolf Pack from 2015-18, Bergman spent her freshman season at Pacific near her hometown of Hilmar, Calif., before joining the Nevada roster. She appeared in 95 career games, including 35 starts in 36 contests as a senior.
That season, she helped the Wolf Pack win 19 games, advance to the Mountain West Tournament championship game as the No. 7 seed (upsetting No. 2 UNLV and No. 3 Wyoming along the way), and reach the semifinals of the Women's Basketball Invitational following victories over UC Irvine and Fresno State.
Bergman prepped at Turlock Christian HS where she graduated as the program's all-time leading scorer (1,761 points) and helped the team to four Southern League championships and a pair of CIF Sac Joaquin Division V runner-ups twice.
She graduated from Nevada with a bachelor's degree in business management and a minor in psychology in 2018, then added a master's degree in educational leadership in 2021.
