Former Mastodons' Director of Basketball Operations, Dan Bere, was promoted to Assistant coach in April of 2007.

This is Bere's third season on the staff of head coach Dane Fife.

Bere recently earned a bachelor's degree at Indiana University, and is pursing a master's degree in liberal arts.

Bere spent the four years as a manager for the Hoosiers under head coach Mike Davis. He was a member of the 2001-02 team that won the Big Ten and was national runner-up.

With the Mastodons, his duties include film exchange, film breakdown/scouting, assisting in travel coordination, supervision of student-managers, assisting with the recruiting database and coordinating recruiting mail-outs.

Bere is a native of Hinsdale, Illinois.