Wheelock College Men's Basketball

Pollio enters his first season as Head Men's Basketball Coach in 2015-16 after spending the 2014-2015 season as an assistant coach for the Wildcats. Pollio came to Wheelock on the heels of two years as a graduate assistant coach at Western Kentucky University. Pollio worked closely with the Hilltoppers mens basketball staff in a multitude of ways. He helped break down game film, prepared scouting reports for opponents, assisted with team academics, developed recruiting materials and coordinated on campus visits, designed and created a presence for the team on social media, represented the team in fundraising and community service events, and maintained an advanced knowledge of NCAA compliance rules through monthly meetings. In his time with Western Kentucky the squad won the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Championship. Mikes coaching experience includes serving as the junior varsity head coach at the Louisville Collegiate School from 2006 to 2008 and guiding the team to the All A Regional Championships in 2008. He was a student assistant coach at Georgetown College from 2008 to 2010 before becoming the junior varsity head coach at Kentucky Country Day from 2011 to 2012. Pollio earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Georgetown College in 2010 and his Master of Science in Recreation and Sports Administration from Western Kentucky in 2014.  Mike currently resides in Boston's North End with his wife Lizzie.