DeSales University Athletics

Jim Bergeman joined the DeSales staff at the start of the 2016 season.  He briefly stepped away from 2021-24 to serve as an Assistant Baseball Coach for Penn State Berks while his Son Nicholas was a member of the Baseball Team.  Bergeman graduated from Kutztown University in 1988.  He was a four-year member of the baseball team, starting as a pitcher during his freshman year before taking a regular spot in the field the following three seasons.  He was selected All-PSAC Eastern Division First-Team as a shortstop in 1987.  He was also played for the Quakertown Blazers during their 1985 season.
 
Prior to college Bergeman was a key member of the Boyertown Legion program from 1982 to 1984.  During those years the team won PA State Titles all three years; won the Mid-Atlantic Championships in 1982 and 1983; won a National Championship in 1982, and were National Runners-Up in 1983. 
 
Outside baseball Bergeman works as a Chief Estimator for a local Heavy/Civil Construction Contractor.
 
Coach Bergeman and his wife, Jayne, have two children, Julia and Nicholas, and reside in Coopersburg, PA.