Ari Stern is an assistant coach for the Duquesne University men's basketball team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He returned to Duquesne in July 2023 after previously serving on the staff from 2020 to 2022 as a graduate assistant and later as assistant athletic director for basketball administration.
In his first season back, Stern was part of a Duquesne team that finished 25-12 overall and 10-8 in Atlantic 10 play in 2023-24. That season, the Dukes won the Atlantic 10 Championship, earned the program's first NCAA tournament berth since 1977, and recorded their first NCAA tournament victory since 1969. Before rejoining Duquesne, he spent the 2022-23 season as director of basketball operations at the University of Denver.
