Early Life
He was born in South Vietnam on 22 February 1979, Howard Bach came to the U.S. at the age of two, when his father, Cam Sen Bach, emigrated to San Francisco with his family in 1982.
From 1991-1993, he attended Marina Middle School in San Francisco.
When he was five years old, Howard Bach was brought by his father to the Golden Gate YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. It was here that over the next 11 years, Howard Bach would be coached by his father in badminton. Bach was a 16-year-old student at Galileo High School when he decided to dedicate himself to the sport of badminton.
During his early years, he was also coached and mentored by USA coach of the year, Dick Ng.
At age 16, he moved to Colorado Springs to train at the U.S. Olympic Site.
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