Pogue began his collegiate career at
Old Dominion University, where he played
college baseball for the
Old Dominion Monarchs. He transferred to
Southern Arkansas University for his senior year and played for the
Southern Arkansas Muleriders. In his senior year, he was named All-
Gulf South Conference. He played
minor league baseball for nine seasons. He spent three years in the
St. Louis Cardinals' organization, and the other six in
independent league baseball. Pogue retired as a player in 2008. Pogue served as the bullpen catcher for the
United States national baseball team in the
2009 World Baseball Classic. In the middle of the
2023 season, he transitioned to an
assistant coach and
bullpen coach, serving the latter with
Julio Rangel. ==Personal life==