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Duke Baseball: Head Coach Chris Pollard Gets Contract Extension

By Kevin Connelly

OMAHA, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of a baseball on the field during batting practice before game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Oregon State Beavers on June 26, 2018 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of a baseball on the field during batting practice before game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Oregon State Beavers on June 26, 2018 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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After a historic season, Duke Baseball head coach Chris Pollard has received a contract extension through the 2025 season to remain with the Duke Blue Devils.

Duke Baseball head coach Chris Pollard isn’t going anywhere for a very long time as he will be at the helm of the upcoming baseball program through the 2025 season.

Pollard took over the program in 2013 after leaving Appalachian State and in that time period, Pollard has led the Blue Devils to a 198 – 146 record with two berths into the NCAA Tournament.

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The Blue Devils won its first NCAA Tournament game this season since 1961 and coming from behind to win the Athens Regional and fell one game short of advancing to the College World Series in the Lubbock Super Regional.

Making the Super Regional was one of the many things Chris Pollard led the Duke baseball program to for the first time this season.

Duke posted a 45 – 18 record this season, setting the school record for most wins, and reaching the 40 win plateau for the first time in program history.

Coach Pollard also helped seven Duke Blue Devils get selected in the MLB Draft earlier this month, which tied a program record.

Duke was ranked No. 25 at the beginning of the season and as the postseason polls are released, the Blue Devils came in at No. 10 in the Baseball America Rankings, No. 11 in the Collegiate Baseball Rankings, and No. 14 in the Perfect Game Rankings.

Pollard and the rest of his coaching staff have not only put the ACC but the rest of college baseball on notice as the Blue Devils still have players like Joey Loperfido and Graeme Stinson in the program for a couple years and the Blue Devils will sure to be a program to be reckoned with for a long time in college baseball.

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