Brent Bardo has been named to the position of head softball coach at Concord High School. Bardo’s hiring was approved during by the Concord School Board on August 16, 2021. He becomes the seventh softball head coach in school history following Dave Singell, Peg Kelly, Scot Shearer, Robb Freeze, Dawn Austin, and Andrea Bucher. Bucher resigned in July, 2021 after two seasons at the helm. Bardo has coached high school softball for 23 years. He spent eight seasons (1998-2005) as an assistant coach at Northridge, six seasons (2008-2013) as an assistant coach at Jimtown under head coach Brent Kulp, and seven seasons (2014-2020) as varsity head coach at Elkhart Central. While at Elkhart Central, he had 17 players receive All Northern Indiana Conference recognition, 12 players receive ICGSA All State Academic recognition, and 12 players go on to play softball at the collegiate level. Additionally, participation numbers grew significantly under his leadership. Bardo is employed as Sales Manager for Balint/Ryder Handling Equipment in Goshen.