Career
Here he became the youngest head coach in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at 27 years old. After leaving Marist, he was the head coach at Bates College, going 2–46 in six seasons. At one point Bates lost 37 straight games.
Pardy compiled an overall record of 19–58–2.
He led the Marist Red Foxes to their program"s first conference championship in 1990 when they finished 4–0 in Atlantic Central Football Conference play. Pardy attended Ithaca College where he was an All-American offensive lineman.
Pardy is not related to his successor at Marist, Jim Parady, despite their similarly spelled surnames.