Kenneth Pollard joins the Columbia men's soccer program in his first year as the assistant coach.
Pollard, a Wales, Great Britain, native, was a two-time Division II
National Champion as a player at Southern Connecticut State University
in 1990 and 1992. He served as an assistant coach at his alma matter
from 1997-2001, capturing back-to-back national championships in 1998
and 1999. In 1999 he aided SCSU to a perfect season of 20-0-0.
Following his five-year stint in New Haven, Conn., Pollard joined the men's
soccer program at Duke University as an assistant coach for the
2002-2003 season. In 2004, he served on the staff of the, bronze medal
winning, women's U-19 National Team in the 2004 FIFA World Cup
Championships.
He made his professional coaching debut in 2000 as an assistant coach of
the New York/ New Jersey Metro Stars in the MLS. In 2003, he joined
the staff of the Philadelphia Charge as an assistant coach in the WPL.
Pollard comes to Columbia after serving a year as head coach of the
Purchase College women's soccer program from May 2009-2010. As a
first-year head coach, he led Purchase to a 6-2-1 conference record, a
100% improvement from the previous year. Pollard posts an impressive
158-34-14 record in his 11 years in coaching and playing collegiate soccer.
He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a
bachelor's degree in Human Performance in 1994 and masters in exercise
science in 2001.
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