Lead Coaches
Clark Allard- Boys Lead Coach
Myles Bacon - Program Manager/Coach
Sara Allard - Girls Lead Coach
Clark Allard is in his 14th year of coaching High School basketball. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Bishops, spent 7 years as an assistant at Torrey Pines, and has been the head coach at Carlsbad High School for the past 5 years. He has helped coach teams to 10 league championships, 1 CIF Division 1 championship, and 2
Clark Allard is in his 14th year of coaching High School basketball. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Bishops, spent 7 years as an assistant at Torrey Pines, and has been the head coach at Carlsbad High School for the past 5 years. He has helped coach teams to 10 league championships, 1 CIF Division 1 championship, and 2 CIF Open Division championships. In 2023-2024, Clark’s team finished 30-3, won the Section 7 championship, Tarkanian Classic championship, Torrey Pines Holiday Classic championship, Coastal League championship and CIF Open Division championship. The season resulted in Carlsbad being ranked #9 in the state, #44 in the nation, and Clark being named Coastal League Coach of the Year, SBLive San Diego Coach of the Year, NFHS San Diego Coach of the Year, and CIF San Diego Section Coach of the Year. In his 14 years of coaching, he’s helped develop dozens of future college basketball players. What Clark enjoys most about coaching is seeing the joy that comes with competing, developing, and winning.
Sara Allard - Girls Lead Coach
Myles Bacon - Program Manager/Coach
Sara Allard - Girls Lead Coach
Sara (VanderHorst) Allard fell in love with the game of basketball, growing up a father that coached basketball at the collegiate and high school level. Competing in all sports growing up, but ultimately fell in love with basketball. Playing for her dad at Amador Valley High School, Sara was a four-time All-State selection and went on to
Sara (VanderHorst) Allard fell in love with the game of basketball, growing up a father that coached basketball at the collegiate and high school level. Competing in all sports growing up, but ultimately fell in love with basketball. Playing for her dad at Amador Valley High School, Sara was a four-time All-State selection and went on to play division 1 level at the University of San Diego.
Her love and enthusiasm for basketball naturally led her to coaching. Sara spent 3 years assisting and mentoring the next generation of female athletes at national basketball powerhouse, La Jolla Country Day. Taking her knowledge and experience after working alongside mentor Terri Bamford, Sara went on to grow and developed her own basketball program at Pacific Ridge School, running the middle school programs and coaching varsity girls basketball for the last 10 years.
Now with two little kids, Sara looks to take her same contagious enthusiasm for the game and channel it into the younger generation. She is passionate about creating authentic relationships with each player. Sara's favorite part of coaching is seeing players buy, trust the process and reap the benefits of their hard work.
Myles Bacon - Program Manager/Coach
Myles Bacon - Program Manager/Coach
Myles Bacon - Program Manager/Coach
Myles Bacon is a native of Springfield, Ohio and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A member of the Carolina Team Handball Club from 1999-2002, he was named a multiple-time All-American and MVP of the Southeast Team Handball Conference and Collegiate National Championships. He was a member of the USA Team Handb
Myles Bacon is a native of Springfield, Ohio and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A member of the Carolina Team Handball Club from 1999-2002, he was named a multiple-time All-American and MVP of the Southeast Team Handball Conference and Collegiate National Championships. He was a member of the USA Team Handball national team pool for six years.
In 2008, he was named head coach of Carolina Team Handball and served as an assistant coach to the 2009-2011 National Champion Carolina Women's Team Handball Club. He was named head coach of the women's club in 2013 and served as head coach for both clubs until 2019, when he moved to San Diego to help his brothers. The perennial top-ten coach was an assistant coach for Team USA's U-19 Pan-American International Handball Federation Championship in Tunja, Colombia (2017) and a member of the IHF officiating delegation in Drummondville, Quebec Canada (2016).
Bacon is currently a substitute teacher, transportation driver, and coach for flag football, basketball, and track at The Bishop's School. He is a public address announcer for the Knights' volleyball, basketball, and football teams.