Elton Pollock

Elton Lewis Pollock (born April 17, 1973) is an American college baseball coach and former center fielder. Pollock is the head coach of the Presbyterian Blue Hose baseball team.

Elton Pollock
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamPresbyterian
ConferenceBig South
Record321–528–1
Biographical details
Born (1973-04-17) April 17, 1973
Columbia, South Carolina
Playing career
1992–1995Presbyterian
1995Erie SeaWolves
1995–1996Augusta GreenJackets
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004Presbyterian (asst.)
2005–presentPresbyterian
Head coaching record
Overall321–528–1
TournamentsSAC: 3–3
Big South: 3–4
NCAA: 0–0

Amateur career

Pollock attended Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Pollock played for the school's varsity baseball and football teams as well. Pollock then enrolled at Presbyterian College, where he played baseball and football for the Presbyterian Blue Hose.

Pollock finished his career at Presbyterian with 34 home runs, a .616 slugging percentage, 11 triples, 169 runs scored and 382 total bases.

Professional career

Pollock was drafted in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft 405th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pollock began his professional career with the Erie SeaWolves of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, where he batted .299 with two home runs. He was promoted to the Augusta GreenJackets of the Class A South Atlantic League in the summer of 1995. He hit .234 with five doubles for Augusta. Pollock started 1996 with the GreenJackets. He completed the season batting .235 with 5 home runs and 47 RBIs in 132 games. Pollock retired after the season.

Coaching career

Pollock began his coaching career as a full-time assistant at Presbyterian in 2002. Following the 2003 season, he moved to a volunteer assistant position while working at baseball training facility nearby.[1] In the fall of 2004, Pollock was named the head coach of Presbyterian. He helped guide the team from Division II to Division I in 2008. In 2017, he guided the Blue Hose to their best season in their brief Division I history, finishing 32–29 and in 3rd placed in the Big South Conference.[2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Presbyterian Blue Hose (South Atlantic Conference) (2005–2007)
2005 Presbyterian 17–406–158thSAC Tournament
2006 Presbyterian 19–397–146thSAC Tournament
2007 Presbyterian 18–367–179thSAC Tournament
Presbyterian Blue Hose (Division I Independent) (2008)
2008 Presbyterian 13–40
Presbyterian Blue Hose (Big South Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Presbyterian 13–387–199thineligible
2010 Presbyterian 17–379–189thineligible
2011 Presbyterian 24–329–188thineligible
2012 Presbyterian 24–3110–149thineligible
2013 Presbyterian 24–3210–144th (South)
2014 Presbyterian 19–34–19–185th (South)
2015 Presbyterian 27–286–1810th
2016 Presbyterian 27–3012–126thBig South Tournament
2017 Presbyterian 32–2915–93rdBig South Tournament
2018 Presbyterian 15–398–199th
2019 Presbyterian 30–2916–114th
2020 Presbyterian 2–140–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Presbyterian: 321–528–1135–216
Total:321–528–1

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References
  1. "Presbyterian College Baseball" (PDF). www.nmnathletics.com. Presbyterian College. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  2. Vic MacDonald (February 14, 2018). "SPRING: The Crack Of The Bat". www.clintonchronicle.com. My Clinton News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.