Bárður came up through the junior ranks of Snæfell but moved to Valur at the age of sixteen and played his first senior match in 1986.
He guided the club to promotion from Division I to the Úrvalsdeild karla in 2002[6] and to the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals in 2003, where it lost to Keflavík.
[7] He served as the head coach of ÍR from April 2006[8] to November that same year, when he resigned for personal reasons.
[13] In 2011, Bárður was hired as Tindastóll head coach after Borce Ilievski resigned.
[16] Bárður last coached Tindastóll during the 2013–2014 season where he guided them to the Division I championship and promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla.