Mike Pollio | |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1943 |
Coach Years1: | 1975–1980 |
Coach Team1: | Old Dominion (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1980–1985 |
Coach Team2: | Kentucky Wesleyan |
Coach Years3: | 1985–1989 |
Coach Team3: | VCU |
Coach Years4: | 1989–1992 |
Coach Team4: | Eastern Kentucky |
Admin Years1: | c. 1983 |
Admin Team1: | Kentucky Wesleyan |
Admin Years2: | 2002–2010 |
Admin Team2: | Mid-South Conference (commissioner) |
Overall Record: | 233–105 |
Tournament Record: | 2–1 (NIT) 13–4 (NCAA Division II) |
Championships: | 3 GLVC regular season (1983–1985) |
Mike Pollio (born May 12, 1943) is an American former basketball coach and college athletics administrator.
He was the head men's basketball coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College from 1980 to 1985, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from 1985 to 1989, and Eastern Kentucky University from 1989 to 1992, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 233–105. At Kentucky Wesleyan, he also served as athletic director, reviving the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers football program in 1983 after a 53-year hiatus.[1] From 2002 until June 2010, he was the commissioner of the Mid-South Conference. Pollio is a graduate of Bellarmine College.