Chris Pollard is starting his 10th season as head coach of the Duke baseball program.
What a decade it’s been. Prior to his arrival in June 2012 Duke hadn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1961. Now Duke has made the tournament four times in the last five seasons—excluding 2020 of course. Duke made it to the Super Regional round in 2018 and 2019, falling one win away from the College World Series both times. Duke captured the school’s first ACC Tournament title last year, beating NC State in the title game, the same NC State team that infamously ended their season one COVID-19 outbreak away from playing Vanderbilt for the NCAA title.