Dana Pollard enters her first season as an assistant coach for Pioneer cross country and track program in 2018-19. A former CSUEB student-athlete, Pollard competed in women's cross country and track from 2016-18. She holds the second-fastest 6k time in the history of the cross country team. Before coming to Hayward, Pollard ran at Modesto Junior College from 2013-16. There she qualified for State Championships in the steeplechase and 10k two straight years. Pollard earned her bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from CSUEB in 2018.
