Charles Finley (coach) explained

Charles L. Finley
Birth Date:18 October 1907
Death Place:Socorro, New Mexico, U.S.
Player Sport1:Basketball
Player Years2:1930–1932
Coach Sport1:Basketball
Coach Years2:1944–1945
Coach Team2:Texas Mines
Coach Years3:1945–1947
Coach Team3:New Mexico Mines
Coach Years4:1947–1954
Coach Team4:Idaho
Coach Years5:1954–1957
Coach Team5:Mississippi Southern
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1948–1953
Coach Team7:Idaho
Admin Years1:1945–1947
Admin Team1:New Mexico Mines
Rank: Lieutenant
Battles:World War II
Serviceyears:1942–1944

Charles L. Finley (October 18, 1907 – May 1, 1972) was an American basketball and baseball head coach, primarily at the University of Idaho in Moscow.[1]

Hired by Idaho in the summer of 1947,[2] [3] Finley led Vandal basketball for seven seasons, then a member of the Pacific Coast Conference. For the first six years, he was concurrently the head coach of the baseball team.[4] [5] [6] He succeeded Guy Wicks, who also coached both sports and moved out of athletics to an administrative position with the university.[2] With the overlap of the two seasons increasing, was hired as head baseball coach after the

As a collegian in the early 1930s, he played for legendary coach Henry Iba at Northwest Missouri State in

After seven years at Idaho, Finley left in April 1954 for Mississippi Southern,[7] [8] [9] then an independent in NAIA. He was the head coach for three seasons in Hattiesburg.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basketball (1947-48 season) . Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook . 1948 . 300.
  2. News: Finley new University of Idaho head basketball, baseball coach . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . July 31, 1947 . 8.
  3. News: Coaching posts to Chuck Finley . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . July 31, 1947 . 15.
  4. Web site: Baseball (1949 & 1948 seasons) . Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook . 1949 . 254.
  5. Web site: Baseball (1952 season) . Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook . 1952 . 182.
  6. News: Clem Parberry hired as baseball coach at Idaho . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . August 11, 1953 . 8.
  7. News: Chuck Finley resigns as Idaho basketball boss . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . March 29, 1954 . 15.
  8. News: Idaho basketball coach Chuck Finley resigns . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . March 30, 1954 . 2.
  9. Web site: Basketball (1953-54 season) . Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook . 1954 . 179.