title: Mike Pollio
text: # Mike Pollio
  
  Mike Pollio (born May 12, 1943) is an American former basketball coach and college athletics administrator.
  
  ## Career
  
  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. From 2002 until June 2010, he was the commissioner of the Mid-South Conference. Pollio is a graduate of Bellarmine College.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (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 Division II Third Place |
  | 1982–83 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 22–8 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
  | 1983–84 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 28–3 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Third Place |
  | 1984–85 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 24–7 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division II Third Place |
  | Kentucky Wesleyan: | Kentucky Wesleyan: | 117–35 | 46–15 | | |
  | VCU Rams (Sun Belt Conference) (1985–1989) ||||||
  | 1985–86 | VCU | 12–16 | 6–8 | 5th | |
  | 1986–87 | VCU | 17–14 | 7–7 | 4th | |
  | 1987–88 | VCU | 23–12 | 10–4 | 2nd | NIT quarterfinal |
  | 1988–89 | VCU | 13–15 | 9–5 | 3rd | |
  | VCU: | VCU: | 65–57 | 32–24 | | |
  | Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (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: | Eastern Kentucky: | 51–42 | 25–13 | | |
  | Total: | 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 ||||||
  