Pinecrest Names New Varsity Boys Head Basketball Coach

Pinecrest Academy Athletics has named John Bauersfeld as Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, overseeing all facets of the Boys Basketball program at Pinecrest Academy, including the Middle School and Lower School teams.

 

Coach Bauersfeld has served as Head Coach at Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore, MD for the past 11 years. He has also served as the Department Chair for the Social Studies Department for the past several years at Calvert Hall.  

 

Coach Bauersfeld's teams have won over 200 games during his tenure at Calvert Hall, including the Baltimore Catholic League Championship in 2010, 2014, and 2015. He has been named Baltimore Catholic League Coach of the Year four times, most recently in 2016.

 

Coach Bauersfield has coached numerous players who have gone on to play at the collegiate level, including Villanova, Louisville, Providence, and Connecticut. Calvert Hall alumnus, Damion Lee, just finished the season with the Atlanta Hawks.  

 

Coach Bauersfeld served as an assistant for three years under the legendary Cardinals coach, Mark Amatucci, before taking the reins in 2007. He most recently served as an assistant for USA East Coast Basketball, working with coaching legend and Hall of Famer, Coach Larry Brown. The team of college all-stars traveled to Spain last August to participate in an international tournament.

 

Coach Bauersfeld is a 1994 graduate of Calvert Hall and a 1998 graduate of Gettysburg College, where he served as Co-captain of the Men’s Basketball team during his senior year.  

 

He earned a Masters in Secondary Education from Towson University, and is also a certified Social Studies teacher.  

 

“With the basketball talent coming up in our Middle and and High School program, we are beyond excited to welcome Coach Bauersfeld as a coach who has a proven record of recognizing and developing talent in his players,” commented Chris Kane, Pinecrest Academy Athletic Director. “Coach Bauersfield’s credentials on the basketball court, as well as, in the classroom are outstanding, and we are honored to welcome him to our staff.”

 

“My wife and I are looking forward to moving to this beautiful area and providing our children a faith-based education, and I am really excited to embark on my roles as Head Coach and History Teacher at Pinecrest Academy,” said Coach John Bauersfeld.

 

Coach Bauersfeld and his wife Jillian have been married for nine years and have three boys, Will (7), Noah (5) and Asher (2).