March 28, 2005

Head coach Beth Bozman has announced the addition of Ted Baggott to the Duke University field hockey coaching staff. Baggott will serve as an assistant coach working predominantly with the Blue Devil offensive unit as well as assisting with recruiting and day-to-day operations.

"Ted will bring a great deal to our program -- as a player, coach and most importantly as a teacher of the game," said Bozman. "He offers a wealth of experience and we're excited to incorporate his strengths into our game this fall."

Baggott's coaching resume includes several head coaching stints with both boys and girls Under-18 teams in British Columbia. He has been a head coach or assistant coach in B.C. since the spring of 1993. In the spring of 2002, Baggott became the co-founder of Elite Orcas Training Camps, which was designed to have top level athletes mentor/coach younger players and assist in the development of youth hockey.

Baggott also has a vast amount of high-level playing experience. He has played the last six seasons for the West Vancouver Men's Premier team, helping the team to B.C. Premier League championships in 2001 and 2002. Prior to joining the West Vancouver team, he won a pair of Premier League championships as a member of the Victoria Selects. Baggott, a 1999 graduate of the University of Victoria, was a two-time team captain of the UVic men's team, leading the team to a second place finish in the Victoria Men's League.

For the past two years, Baggott had been a program director at the B.C. Field Hockey Association. While in that position, he was an administrator for the Men's Provincial Sport Organization, developed and implemented high performance programs for junior players, recruited and developed umpires and coaches, organized and ran local tournaments, including the National Championships and was an instrumental figure in merging the men's and women's provincial field hockey associations.

NCCP Field Hockey Certification
·  Level 1 Certification Completed in Spring of 2000
·  Level 2 Certification Completed in Summer of 2001
      Level 3 Technical Completed in  February 2002
      Level 3 Practical Completed in Summer 2003
      Level 3 Theory In Progress

Coaching Experience
·  Head Coach - U18 Girls Provincial Team - U18 Nationals (July 2004) - 1st
·  Camp Coach at "Champion's Edge" Camps - Summer of 2003 & 2004
·  Head Coach - U16 Boys Provincial Team - U16 National Festival
      (July 2003) placed first
·  Asst. Coach - Senior Women BC "White" Team - Senior National
      Championships (June 2003) placed first
·  Head Coach - U18 Girls Provincial South-East Region (Nov. 2002-May 2005)
·  Co-Founder of the Elite Orcas Training Camps (Spring 2002) - Designed
      to have top level athletes coach/mentor younger players and develop
      youth hockey
·  Head Coach - Burnaby Lakers Women's Premier Team (Jan. 2000-April 2004)
·  Co-Coach - U18 Girls Provincial "Blue" Team - U18 & U21 National
      Championships (May - July 2002) - placed second and third
·  Head Coach - Women's Team CalCup Super Division (May 2002) placed fifth
·  Head Coach - U18 Boys - West Vancouver (Spring 2002) placed third
·  Head Coach - U18 Girls - Zone 3B - BC Indoor Champs (Feb. 2002) - 5th
·  Assistant Coach - both U16/U18 West Vancouver Boys (Spring 2001) - 3rd
·  Head Coach - U16 Boys - Zone 5 at BC Summer Games (Summer 2000) - 1st
·  Head Coach - U16 Girls - West Vancouver Vultures (Spring 2000)
·  Coached at several high performance camps in Victoria
       with Giles Wheatley (Summer 1999)
·  Head Coach - U16 Boys - Victoria  (Spring 1999)
·  Camp Coach - Several Denari Summer Hockey Camps (Summers of 1997-2000)
·  Asst. Coach - U18 Girls - West Vancouver Pipers [Argyle Sr. Team]
       (Spring 1997)
·  Asst. Coach - U18 Girls - West Vancouver Pipers [Argyle Sr. Team]
       (Spring 1996)
·  Asst. Coach - U16 Girls - West Vancouver Pipers (Spring 1995)
·  Head Coach - U14 Girls - West Vancouver (Spring 1994)
·  Co-coached - U14 Girls - West Vancouver (Spring 1993)

Playing Experience
·  Played for BC Provincial team - 2003 Senior National Championships - 2nd
·  Member of West Vancouver Men's Premier Team (Fall 1999 - Present)
       Team participates in BC Premier League (2001-'02 Champions)
·  Guest Player for Vancouver Jokers at National Club Championships
       (July 2001) - fifth
·  Played in Cal Cup 2000 with the West Vancouver Millionaires - 3rd
·  Guest Player for Victoria Selects at National Club Championships
       (July 2000) - seventh
·  Selected to BC Provincial Squad for Nat. Championships (July 1999) - 2nd
·  Member of Victoria Selects Men's Premier Team (Fall 1997 - Spring 1999)
       Team participates in BC Premier League - placed 1st in both seasons
·  Captained the Univ. of Victoria Men's Field Hockey Team (Fall 1998-99)
       The team's first year as a varsity status team since 1994
       UVic played in the Victoria Men's League - placed second
·  Selected to and captained U21 BC `B' Provincial Team for
       U21 National Championships (Summer 1998) - placed fourth
·  Member of the Victoria Selects Men's Premier Team (Fall 1995-Spring 96)
·  Played Men's Division Fall Hockey for West Vancouver (1991 - 1995)
·  Played Jr. Spring Hockey for W. Vancouver Field Hockey Club (1988-95)