 From 1973 to 1982, Tedisco worked in education; he served as a guidance counselor, basketball coach, and athletic director at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, and later worked as a special education teacher, resource room instructor and varsity basketball coach at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York.Tedisco entered public service in 1977 when, at the age of 27, he was elected to the Schenectady City Council.Tedisco is a resident of Glenville, New York, where he lives with his wife and stepson.