Chris Pollard

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Chris Pollard

| image = Chris Pollard 2014.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Pollard in 2014

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Virginia

| current_conference = ACC

| current_record = 0–0

| contract =

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Durham, North Carolina

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Davidson '96

| player_years1 = 1993–1996

| player_team1 = Davidson

| player_years2 = 1996

| player_team2 = Sioux Falls Canaries

| player_years3 = 1996

| player_team3 = Salinas Peppers

| player_positions = P

| coach_years1 = 1998

| coach_team1 = Durham Braves

| coach_years2 = 1999

| coach_team2 = Davidson (asst.)

| coach_years3 = 2000–2004

| coach_team3 = Pfeiffer

| coach_years4 = 2005–2012

| coach_team4 = Appalachian State

| coach_years5 = 2013–2025

| coach_team5 = Duke

| coach_years6 = 2026–present

| coach_team6 = Virginia

| admin_years1 = 2003–2004

| admin_team1 = Pfeiffer

| overall_record = 805–614–2

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = NCAA: 20–17
ACC: 13–6
SoCon: 10–14

| championships = 2x Conference Carolinas: 2003, 2004
SoCon: 2012
2x ACC tournament: 2021, 2024

| awards = Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year: 2004 SoCon Coach of the Year: 2012

| coaching_records =

}}

Chris Pollard is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers.{{cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205439027|publisher=goduke.com|title=Duke Names Chris Pollard Head Baseball Coach|date=June 15, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1548732|title=Chris Pollard|publisher=goasu.com|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123153546/http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1548732|archive-date=January 23, 2010|url-status=dead}} He played college baseball at Davidson for head coach Dick Cooke from 1993 to 1996 before playing professionally in 1996. He then served as the head coach of the Pfeiffer Falcons (2000–2004), Appalachian State Mountaineers (2005-2012) and Duke Blue Devils (2013-2025).

Playing career

Pollard is from Amherst County, Virginia, and{{cite news|url=http://www.roanoke.com/sports/baseball/wb/309714|newspaper=Roanoke Times|title=UVa baseball falls in regional|author=Doug Doughty|date=June 4, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201162424/http://www.roanoke.com/sports/baseball/wb/309714|archive-date=February 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}} attended high school at Virginia Episcopal School and college at Davidson College and played for the Wildcats baseball team for four years. He pitched in the competitive Southern Conference, and ranks third all-time at Davidson in wins. He also ranks highly in the Davidson record books for strikeouts, appearances, starts, innings pitched, complete games and shutouts. As a sophomore, he earned wins over #1 ranked Georgia Tech and #25 ranked {{CBSB link|year=1994|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}. He also earned the win in both games of a double header against {{CBSB link|year=1995|team=Georgia Southern Eagles|title=Georgia Southern}} as a junior. After graduating in 1996, Pollard played in the independent Western League and Northern League before beginning his coaching career.

Coaching career

Pollard began his coaching career as an assistant at Davidson. After one season, he became head coach at Division II member Pfeiffer, which he rebuilt over five seasons. In his final season, the Falcons set a school record for wins with a record of 41–14 and their second consecutive Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference championship. Pollard was named conference Coach of the Year, and was also rewarded with the head coaching position at Appalachian State, a Southern Conference rival of his alma mater Davidson. Pollard spent eight seasons with the Mountaineers, claiming the school's first conference championship since 1987 in his final 2012 campaign. ASU's at-large trip to the 2012 NCAA tournament ended just one win shy of a Super Regional. Pollard was named head coach at Duke shortly after the end of the tournament run.{{cite news |url=http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Sports/story/Behr-Duke-hits-home-run-with-Pollard-id-008171 |title=Duke hits home run with Pollard |author=Steve Behr |newspaper=Watauga Democrat |date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514003819/http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Sports/story/Behr-Duke-hits-home-run-with-Pollard-id-008171 |archive-date=2013-05-14 |access-date=October 31, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/06/18/2143171/dukes-new-baseball-coach-embraces.html |title=Duke's new baseball coach embraces the challenge |author=Jack Daly |newspaper=News and Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621192414/https://www.newsobserver.com/2012/06/18/2143171/dukes-new-baseball-coach-embraces.html |archive-date=2012-06-21 |access-date=October 31, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Pollard hired as next baseball coach |url=http://dukechronicle.com/article/pollard-hired-next-baseball-coach#/article/pollard-hired-next-baseball-coach |publisher=dukechronicle.com |date=June 14, 2012 |author=Andrew Beaton|access-date=December 18, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_64688905-c2ab-5f33-8f27-d4df1dc35ab9.html |newspaper=Winston-Salem Journal |title=Duke hires Appalachian's Pollard as baseball coach|date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=December 18, 2012}}

Head coaching record

Below are tables of Pollard's yearly records as an NCAA and collegiate summer baseball head coach.{{cite web|title=2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide |url=http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/#/48/ |publisher=Southern Conference |access-date=January 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195115/http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/ |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite web|title=2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm |work=D1Baseball.com |publisher=Jeremy Mills |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526020653/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

=NCAA=

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Pfeiffer University Falcons

| conference= Conference Carolinas

| startyear = 2000

| endyear = 2004

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2000

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = 20–28

| conference = 10–15

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2001

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = 21–26

| conference = 11–12

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2002

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = 26–23–1

| conference = 11–14

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2003

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = 33–17

| conference = 16–10

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2004

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = 41–14

| conference = 18–6

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Pfeiffer University

| overall = {{winning percentage|141|108|1|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|66|57|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Appalachian State Mountaineers

| conference= Southern Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2012

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2005

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 10–42

| conference = 5–24

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2006

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 24–31

| conference = 9–18

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2007

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 33–26

| conference = 14–13

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2008

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 32–27

| conference = 14–13

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2009

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 33–21

| conference = 15–13

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2010

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 38–18–1

| conference = 14–14–1

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2011

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 33–27

| conference = 15–15

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2012

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = 41–18

| conference = 21–9

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Appalachian State

| overall = {{winning percentage|244|210|1|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|107|119|1|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Duke Blue Devils

| conference= Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2013

| endyear = 2025

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2013

| name = Duke

| overall = 26–29

| conference = 9–21

| confstanding = 6th (Coastal)

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2014

| name = Duke

| overall = 33–25

| conference = 16–14

| confstanding = 3rd (Coastal)

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2015

| name = Duke

| overall = 31–22

| conference = 10–19

| confstanding = 6th (Coastal)

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2016

| name = Duke

| overall = 33–24

| conference = 14–15

| confstanding = 3rd (Coastal)

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2017

| name = Duke

| overall = 30–28

| conference = 12–19

| confstanding = 4th (Coastal)

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2018

| name = Duke

| overall = 45–18

| conference = 18–11

| confstanding = 2nd (Coastal)

| postseason = NCAA Super Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2019

| name = Duke

| overall = 35–27

| conference = 15-15

| confstanding = 4th (Coastal)

| postseason = NCAA Super Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2020

| name = Duke

| overall = 12–4

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = {{small|(Coastal)}}

| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2021

| name = Duke

| overall = 33–22

| conference = 16–17

| confstanding = 5th {{small|(Coastal)}}

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2022

| name = Duke

| overall = 22–32

| conference = 10–20

| confstanding = 7th {{small|(Coastal)}}

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2023

| name = Duke

| overall = 39–24

| conference = 16–13

| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(Coastal)}}

| postseason = NCAA Super Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2024

| name = Duke

| overall = 40–20

| conference = 16–14

| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(Coastal)}}

| postseason = NCAA Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2025

| name = Duke

| overall = 41–21

| conference = 17–13

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = NCAA Super Regional

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Duke

| overall = {{winning percentage|420|296|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|171|192|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Virginia Cavaliers

| conference= Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2026

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2026

| name = Virginia

| overall = 0–0

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Virginia

| overall = {{winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = {{winning percentage|805|614|2|record=y}}

}}

=Collegiate summer baseball=

==Coastal Plain League==

Season	Team	Record	Standing
class="wikitable"
1998	Durham	24–23	4th
colspan="2" align="center" \| Total	24–23	colspan="2" align="center" \|

{{cite web|title=1998 Statistics |url=http://www.coastalplain.com/cpl_08/page/stats_1998 |work=CoastalPlain.com |access-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225231654/http://www.coastalplain.com/cpl_08/page/stats_1998 |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}