Mike Pollio

Mike Pollio
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	1943
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1980	Old Dominion (asst.)
1980–1985	Kentucky Wesleyan
1985–1989	VCU
1989–1992	Eastern Kentucky

Mike Pollio (born May 12, 1943) graduate of Bellarmine College, was an American basketball coach in the 1980s and 1990s. From 2002 until June 2010 he was the Mid-South Conference commissioner. Previously, he was head coach at Eastern Kentucky, Virginia Commonwealth University and Kentucky Wesleyan College. While at Wesleyan, as the Athletic Director he revived football in 1983 after a 53-year hiatus.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1980–1985)
1980–81	Kentucky Wesleyan	16-12	7-4	2nd
1981–82	Kentucky Wesleyan	27-5	9-3	2nd	NCAA Div II Third Place
1982–83	Kentucky Wesleyan	22-8	10-2	1st	NCAA Div II Sweet 16
1983–84	Kentucky Wesleyan	28-3	10-2	1st	NCAA Div II Third Place
1984–85	Kentucky Wesleyan	24-7	10-4	1st-T	NCAA Div II Third Place
Kentucky Wesleyan:		117-35	46-15
Virginia Commonwealth (Sun Belt) (1985–1989)
1985–86	Virginia Commonwealth	12-16	6-8	5th
1986–87	Virginia Commonwealth	17-14	7-7	4th
1987–88	Virginia Commonwealth	23-12	10-4	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
1988–89	Virginia Commonwealth	13-15	9-5	3rd
Virginia Commonwealth:		65-57	32-24
Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley) (1989–1992)
1989–90	Eastern Kentucky	13-17	7-5	4th
1990–91	Eastern Kentucky	19-10	9-3	2nd
1991–92	Eastern Kentucky	19-14	9-5	2nd
Eastern Kentucky:		51-42	25-13
Total:		233-105
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

V. I. Moore (1907–1910)
Unknown (1910–1916)
John Cobb (1916–1917)
Unknown (1917–1919)
William E. Arnold (1919–1920)
Jesse Sibley (1920–1922)
Basil Hayden (1922–1923)
L. G. Mansfield (1923–1924)
C. A. Webb (1924–1927)
E. R. Miller (1927–1928)
Walter "Rip" Van Winkle (1928–1932)
George Ditto (1932–1941)
Arthur Gullette (1941–1942)
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (1942–1959)
T. L. Plain (1959–1963)
Guy R. Strong (1963–1967)
Bob Daniels (1967–1972)
Bob Jones (1972–1980)
Mike Pollio (1980–1985)
Wayne Chapman (1985–1990)
Wayne Boultinghouse (1990–1996)
Ray Harper (1996–2005)
Todd Lee (2005–2013)
Happy Osborne (2013– )

VCU Rams men's basketball head coaches

Benny Dees (1968–1970) Chuck Noe (1970–1976) Dana Kirk (1976–1979) J. D. Barnett (1979–1985) Mike Pollio (1985–1989) Sonny Smith (1989–1998) Mack McCarthy (1998–2002) Jeff Capel III (2002–2006) Anthony Grant (2006–2009) Shaka Smart (2009–2015) Will Wade (2015– )

Clyde H. Wilson (1909–1912)
Charles A. Keith (1912–1913)
Ben Barnard (1913–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Charles F. Miller & Clyde McCoy (1919–1920)
George Hembree (1920–1929)
Turkey Hughes (1929–1935)
Rome Rankin (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Rome Rankin (1944–1946)
Paul McBrayer (1946–1962)
Jim Baechtold (1962–1967)
Guy R. Strong (1967–1973)
Bob Mulcahy (1973–1976)
Ed Byhre (1976–1981)
Max Good (1981–1989)
Mike Pollio (1989–1992)
Mike Calhoun (1992–1997)
Scott Perry (1997–2000)
Travis Ford (2000–2005)
Jeff Neubauer (2005–2015)
Dan McHale (2015– )

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