Frank Pollack is in his first year with the Silver and Black as offensive line coach. He spent the previous five seasons with the Houston Texans as assistant offensive line coach.
Frank Pollack is in his first year with the Silver and Black as offensive line coach. He spent the previous five seasons with the Houston Texans as assistant offensive line coach.
In 2011, Pollack helped coach a group that enabled Houston to rank second in the NFL with a franchise-record 153 rushing yards per game as two running backs rushed for more than 900 yards. The Houston line included second team All-Pro LT Duane Brown and C Chris Myers, who was selected to his first career Pro Bowl.
In 2010, the Texans front five paved the way for a record-setting season as the Texans ranked third in the NFL with a franchise record 6,186 yards of offense (383.3 yards per game), a team-record 290 points (24.4 points per game) and helped produce the NFL’s rushing and touchdown champion, running back Arian Foster. Foster set team records with 1,616 yards rushing and 18 total touchdowns.
In 2009, the line provided protection for the NFL’s leading passer, Matt Schaub, who threw for 4,770 yards and 29 touchdowns. In 2008, the Texans line featured the same starting lineup for all 16 games, marking the first such occurrence in team history. In his first year with the Texans, Pollack helped mold an offensive line that allowed just 22 sacks in 2007.
Pollack’s first coaching position came at his alma mater, Northern Arizona, in 2005 as the co-offensive line coach working specifically with the tackles and tight ends. He was promoted to the offensive line coach in 2006 and the NAU offense led the conference in scoring (34.4) and passing (267.2) and finished second in rushing (137.9). The points per game total ranked fourth in Division 1-AA.
Pollack was a sixth-round selection by the San Francisco 49ers in 1990. He played by for the 49ers from 1990-91 before moving to Denver, where he played from 1992-93. He concluded his playing career with the 49ers from 1994-98, having played in 90 career games and winning a Super Bowl Championship in 1994.
Pollack graduated from Northern Arizona with a degree in advertising in 1990. He was inducted into Northern Arizona’s Hall of Fame in the fall of 2010. He and his wife, Wendy, have three sons, Frankie, Carter and Wilson.
