Elton Pollock

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Elton Pollock
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Presbyterian
Conference Big South
Record432–679–1
Biographical details
Born (1973-04-17) April 17, 1973 (age 52)
Columbia, South Carolina
Playing career
1992–1995 Presbyterian
1995 Erie SeaWolves
1995–1996 Augusta GreenJackets
Position(s) Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004 Presbyterian (asst.)
2005–presentPresbyterian
Head coaching record
Overall432–679–1
TournamentsSAC: 3–3
Big South: 6–8
NCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Big South Tournament (2021)
  • Big South regular season (2024)
Awards
  • Big South Coach of the Year (2024)

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.

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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
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Presbyterian Blue Hose (South Atlantic Conference)(2005–2007)
2005Presbyterian 17–406–158thSAC Tournament
2006Presbyterian 19–397–146thSAC Tournament
2007Presbyterian 18–367–179thSAC Tournament
Presbyterian:20-46
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 27–3012–126th Big South tournament
2017 Presbyterian 32–2915–93rd Big South tournament
2018 Presbyterian 15–398–199th
2019 Presbyterian 30–2916–114th Big South tournament
2020 Presbyterian 2–140–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Presbyterian 22–2318–164th NCAA Regional
2022 Presbyterian 22–329–159th
2023 Presbyterian 21–3412–15T-6th
2024 Presbyterian 29–2718–61st Big South tournament
2025 Presbyterian 17–359–156th Big South tournament
Presbyterian:432–679–1177–237
Total:432–679–1

      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

Personal life

Pollock is married with four children, living in irmo, South Carolina.

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.