David Scott Bernsley (דייוויד ברנסלי; born May 6, 1969) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

, and for the Israeli national basketball team. He later became an educator and a high school principal.

Early and personal life

Bernsley is a native of

Monroe, New York Monroe is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 21,387 at the 2020 census, compared to 39,912 at the 2010 census; the significant fall in census population was due to the secession of the town of Palm Tree in 2019 ...

, and is 6' 7" (201 cm) tall. His parents are Harvey and Valerie Bernsley. He and his wife Karen have five children, and live in

Montgomery, New York Montgomery is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 23,322 at the 2020 census. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec. The northern town ...

Basketball career

He attended Monroe-Woodbury High School ('87), and played basketball for the school team. For college Bernsley first attended the University of Rhode Island. He played basketball for the Rhode Island Rams in 1987–88. Bernsley then attended

Manhattan College Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was la ...

(Bachelor's degree; '92). He played for the Manhattan Jaspers in 1989–92. In 1991–92 he was 8th in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in blocks, with 27, and 9th in rebounds, with 213. In 1992 he was named to the MAAC All-Championship Team. He played in the

for Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Givat Shmuel,

Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin ( he, מכבי קריית מוצקין) is a professional basketball club based in Kiryat Motzkin in the Haifa District of Israel. The team plays in the Israeli National League. History Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin was founded ...

, and Ironi Ramat Gan. Bernsley also played for the Israeli national basketball team. He competed in the 1997 FIBA European Championship for Men.

Educator career

He earned a master’s degree from Iona College, and a Certificate of Advanced Study from

SUNY New Paltz The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz) is a public university in New Paltz, New York. It traces its origins to the New Paltz Classical School, a secondary institution founded in 1828 and reorganized as an ac ...

('04)."Class Notes"
''New Paltz Observer'', Spring 2011. Bernsley taught at Harry S. Truman High School in the Bronx, and at North Rockland High School in Thiells, New York, in Rockland County. He then served as assistant principal at Washingtonville High School. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Principal at

Wallkill Senior High School Wallkill Senior High School, located in Wallkill, New York, educates students in grades 9 through 12 in the Wallkill Central School District. It is in a residential neighborhood, on Robinson Drive in the northern end of the hamlet, a few blocks ...

in Wallkill, New York. In 2010 Bernsley became the Principal of Monroe-Woodbury High School. He served as Principal of the Edmund J. O'Neal Middle School of Excellence in Albany, New York until his unexpected resignation in June of 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernsley, David 1969 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from New York (state) Centers (basketball) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Iona College (New York) alumni Ironi Ramat Gan players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Maccabi Givat Shmuel players Manhattan Jaspers basketball players People from Monroe, New York Power forwards (basketball) Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players Schoolteachers from New York (state) State University of New York at New Paltz alumni