In 1992 Barda retired as player in Germany, returned to Czechoslovakia and became coach of HC Dukla Praha and Czechoslovak (later Czech) national handball team. With his national team he finished seventh at 1993 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, eighth at 1995 World Men's Handball Championship in Island and sixth at 1996 European Men's Handball Championship in Spain. He attained the highest Czech and German as well as EHF Master Coach handball coaching licenses. For a long time he acted as lecturer for IHF and EHF, was Head of Commission of Coaching and Methods of the Czech Handball Federation and member of IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods. On behalf of International Olympic Committee he held Olympic Solidarity courses on all continents. He is one of the most recognized goalkeeping experts in handball. Since 2016 he acts as Goalkeeper coach with Swiss National Team Men which after 14 years of absence qualified for European Championship 2020 in Sweden. Beside Sports coaching he earned university degrees in Electronic Engineering and Business Administration and continued his civilian career on top international management positions in IT and Human Resources sector. He works currently as freelancing coach, consultant and project manager in sports and business. Michal Barda is a member of Czech Olympic Coaching Academy.