Virginia Cavaliers Chris Pollard
Chris Pollard has made many trips to Charlottesville over the years, but now he calls it home as the new Virginia baseball coach. ~ Photo courtesy Jamie Holt/Virginia Athletics Media Relations

Chris Pollard has spent the entirety of his 27 years in coaching in North Carolina from Davidson to Pfeiffer to Appalachian State and finally Duke. But Pollard did not mince words at his introduction as the new Virginia baseball coach, calling it a “homecoming.” A return to Central Virginia, where Pollard grew up in Amherst County, and a return to the roots of the culture that defined his Duke teams over the years.