Otis Finley | |
Birth Date: | 1898 |
Birth Place: | LaFayette, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Maryland, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1920–1921 |
Player Team1: | Springfield |
Coach Years1: | 1924 |
Coach Team1: | Lincoln (MO) |
Coach Years2: | 1925–1926 |
Coach Team2: | Virginia State |
Coach Years3: | 1929–1930 |
Coach Team3: | Vashon HS (MO) (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1944 |
Coach Team4: | Vashon HS (MO) |
Coach Years5: | 1945–1955 |
Coach Team5: | Washington Tech HS (MO) |
Coach Years6: | 1956–1963 |
Coach Team6: | Hadley Tech HS (MO) |
Coach Years7: | 1964–1966 |
Coach Team7: | Vashon HS (MO) |
Overall Record: | 9–6–5 (college) |
Otis E. Finley Sr. (1898 – August 27, 1979) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1924 and at Virginia State College for Negroes—now known as Virginia State University–from 1925 to 1926, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–6–5.[1] [2] Finley was born in 1898, in LaFayette, Alabama.[3] He was a graduate of Tuskegee University, the University of Akron, and Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[4] He died on August 27, 1979, in Maryland.[5]