Mike Polly brings 17 years of collegiate coaching experience to his role as assistant offensive line coach at Georgia Tech.
Polly most recently spent 11 seasons on the staff at Middle Tennessee, first as running backs coach (2013-15), then as offensive tackles/tight ends coach (2016-21) and finally as offensive line coach (2022-23). He also served as the Blue Raiders’ special teams coordinator from 2014-21 and run game coordinator from 2016-23.
During his 11 seasons at Middle Tennessee, Polly coached 10 all-conference performers, including two-time all-Conference USA offensive lineman Robert Jones, who is now a member of the Miami Dolphins. He also coached Georgia Tech’s Keylan Rutledge – who earned all-America honors at Tech in 2024 – to a spot on C-USA’s all-freshman team in 2022 and first-team all-conference honors in 2023. He also helped lead the Blue Raiders to seven bowl berths in 11 seasons.
Polly previously spent three seasons at Murray State, first as the Racers’ offensive tackles/tight ends coach in 2010, then as their offensive line coach and special teams coordinator in 2011 and 2012. At Murray State, he helped coach an offensive unit that ranked in the top five in NCAA Division I FCS in total offense each season and paved the way for the school’s first 1,000-yard rusher in 2011 (RB Mike Harris).
In addition to being reunited with Rutledge at Georgia Tech, Polly will once again work with Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner, who he coached with at Murray State (2010) and Middle Tennessee (2013-15).
Polly began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Georgetown (Ky.) College (Spring 2007), before spending three seasons as a G.A. at Middle Tennessee (2007-09). MTSU earned only the second bowl berth in its Division I history in Polly’s third season as a G.A. with the Blue Raiders (2009 New Orleans Bowl).
Polly was a highly decorated student-athlete at Georgetown from 2002-06, achieving all-conference honors as a senior co-captain offensive lineman, as well as being a four-time academic all-conference honoree and three-time academic all-American. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Georgetown (2006) and a master’s in sports management from Middle Tennessee (2008).
An Erlanger, Ky. native, Polly is married to his wife, Meagan.
