Ted Bartels - Assistant Coach - Women's Soccer Coaches

Ted Bartels

Title:
Assistant Coach

Ted Bartels has made an immediate impact since he joined the Memphis women's soccer program as the volunteer assistant coach in 2018. He was elevated to an Assistant Coach prior to the 2023 season.

In his first five seasons, the Memphis native helped the program to a 87-23-9 record, including four conference championships and six NCAA Tournament appearances.

Bartels, the son of former University of Memphis men's coach Chris Bartels, joined the Memphis staff with valuable playing and coaching experience that has directly translated toward the success of the Tigers.

Prior to joining the Memphis staff, Bartels served as the head coach at Germantown High School as well as an assistant coach for the Southwest Tennessee Community College women's team. He has also been the Rec Coaching Director for Germantown Legends and the coach for two of the U11 boys teams for Legends.

Bartels holds several coaching licenses, including:

NSCAA Premier Diploma
NSCAA National Goalkeeper Level 2
USSF "D" National License
Coerver Youth National License

In addition to his coaching experience, Bartels was a member of the Winthrop University men's team in 2006-10. In 2010, he was named to the UNCW Classic All-Tournament team. Bartels also spent his club days competing in Memphis for MFC with experience playing in Poland, Denmark and England.

From 2003-06, Bartels played for Briarcrest where he scored 50 goals and was a three-time All-Region and two-time All-State selection. He also played for the Tennessee State ODP for five years.