Johns Hopkins University Athletics

Dan Pollock was named the 10th head coach in program history on June 21, 2021. He joined the Blue Jays after a two-year stint as the University of Maryland Women's Associate Head Coach.

Pollock guided the Blue Jays back to the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2024 after winning the 17th consecutive Centennial Conference Championship. Mary Beth Hurley and Sophia Kim earned spots in the NCAA Singles Championship and Kim combined with Ashley Chang to win the ITA Southeast Doubles Championship. The Blue Jays finished with a 20-5 record for their second straight 20-win season.

In 2023, Pollock was named the ITA National Coach of the Year after leading Johns Hopkins to a 21-4 record, the program's 16th Centennial Conference Tournament title and a berth in the NCAA Quarterfinals. He coached freshmen Kamila Wong and Jay Xiao to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships. 

Pollock led the Blue Jays to a 13-7 record and the Centennial Conference Tournament title in his first season. Hopkins advanced to the NCAA Second Round and  Anjali Devireddy earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship. Devireddy repeated as the Centennial Conference Player of the Year and was named the ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner.

Pollock helped the Terrapins to 11 wins, as well as an appearance in the 2021 Big Ten Quarterfinals, in two shortened seasons. This past season, he coached Ayana Akli, ranked 46^th in the nation, to the 2021 NCAA Singles Championship. Akli was the first Terp to make the field since 2011 and she advanced to the second round. Three Terps earned All-Big Ten honors, including Freshman of the Year accolades, during his tenure. In addition, Maryland produced the ITA Atlantic Region's Most Improved Senior in 2021.

 
Prior to Maryland, Pollock spent one season as the head coach of the Butler men's tennis team. He led the Bulldogs to a program-record 21 wins, a BIG EAST semifinals appearance and a pair of All-BIG EAST honorees. Pollock began his coaching career at the University of Illinois-Chicago, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach. He also spent a year as an assistant at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and was named the 2010 ITA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
 
Pollock joined the University of Idaho staff and spent one season as an assistant with the men's team before being promoted to head coach of the women's team in July 2011. He led the Vandals to a 19-8 record, an appearance in the Western Athletic Conference semifinals and the highest regional ranking (#6) in program history. He then joined the staff at Brigham Young and spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the men's team.
 
Pollock moved on to the University of Utah and became the associate head coach of the Utes' men's tennis team in June 2014. He helped the Utes to a 64-43 record in four seasons as well as the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 21 seasons. He coached five All-PAC 12 selections, two ITA Mountain Region Players to Watch and the 2017 ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year. In 2018, Pollock was named the ITA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year. That August, he was named the head coach at Butler.
 
A native of Manchester, England, Pollock played collegiately at Anderson University before transferring to Hawaii-Hilo. He was named to the All-Pacific West Conference Team in 2006 and 2007 and helped the Vulcans to a national ranking of 27^th. He was ranked as high as third in the region for doubles and ninth in singles as was named the ITA Division II Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship & Leadership Award winner in 2007.
 
Pollock earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Hawaii-Hilo and was twice named the University's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He earned a master's in kinesiology from the University of Illinois-Chicago.