Doug Pollard - New Inductee to the Hall of Fame
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Doug Pollard, former track & field coach, is being inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on November 8, 2013 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Doug Pollard, former track & field coach, is being inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on November 8, 2013 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Doug served as head coach of the men's and women's track and field teams from 1984 until he passed away in 2007. He guided over 150 student-athletes to appearances at the NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor national championships, with 69 earning All-American accolades.
Doug's teams won 14 Middle Atlantic Conference indoor team titles and 16 MAC outdoor titles. Of those championships, the women won 11 of the last 12 indoor MAC Championships and 13 of the last 15 outdoor MAC Championships prior to the school joining the Landmark Conference. Doug's track & field teams had three top ten finishes at the NCAA national meet, two by the men's program and one by the women's squad. Eight of the individual national champions in Moravian history were won by six Pollard-coached track & field athletes.
He was the 2007 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Mideast Region Women's Coach of the Year, and he was a two-time All-Region and six-time MAC Coach of the Year. Doug also served as an assistant football coach through the 1990 season while at Moravian.
Doug's wife Donna resides in Easton, Pennsylvania, and they have two daughters – Kate and Casey.
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