Casey Finnegan | |
Birth Date: | 28 March 1890 |
Birth Place: | New Richmond, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Grafton, North Dakota, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1928–1940 |
Coach Team1: | North Dakota Agricultural |
Admin Years1: | 1928–1940 |
Admin Team1: | North Dakota Agricultural |
Overall Record: | 57–48–11 |
Championships: | 2 NCC (1932, 1935) |
Charles Casey Finnegan[1] (March 28, 1890 – December 28, 1958)[2] [3] was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University—from 1928 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 57–48–11. In 1928, Finnegan co-coached with Stanley Borleske, who had previously coached at North Dakota Agricultural from 1919 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1924.
Finnegan graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1913 and attended the University of Wisconsin for graduate study in 1924. He died on December 28, 1958, in Grafton, North Dakota.[4]