Ted Bardach

The game of basketball has had a profound impact on my life and I have been lucky enough to follow my passion and pass the love of the game on to my kids and the players I have had the privilege to coach over the years.

A DC native, I started playing ball with my brother and our friends on the playground at Shepherd Elementary. High school years were spent at Candy Cane City in MD and now you can find me at Trinity Church in Arlington at least once a week with the 40 and older crowd.  After graduating from Wittenberg University in 1994, it took me a few years working as a paralegal until basketball pulled me back in as a Coach. My first coaching “job” was as the Head Coach for the Blessed Sacrament boys team. We won the championship that year and I was hooked.

After serving as the Head JV/Assistant Varsity Coach at Episcopal High School, I was hired as the Assistant Men’s Coach at Marymount University. For four years, I worked under Coach Chuck Driesell, son of the Hall of Fame Coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell and was a part of Marymount’s 1999-2000 conference championship season and only NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.

After serving as a volunteer assistant at West Virginia University for the 2002-03 season and Director of Basketball Operations at Georgetown University from 2003-04, I stepped away from college coaching to be a father. The 4th grade Wildcats undefeated season is still one of the highlights of my coaching career.

In 2014 I rejoined the Marymount staff as an assistant coach under Coach Chris Rogers. Last year, we won our first Atlantic East Conference Championship and are working hard to win it again this year. Go Saints!

On any given weekend you can be sure to spot me or one of the other Bardaches at an Arlington gym playing, reffing or taking in the game.

As Director of the JUST HOOPS Summer League, my focus and philospohy center around the kids having FUN and enjoying the game I love. Kids can register to play with their friends. If a game becomes lopsided, we then break the teams up into two even teams and finish the game. Some call it "organized pickup".  There are no playoffs and we don't keep standings.