Charles Finley (coach)
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Biographical details | |
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Born | October 18, 1907 |
Died | May 1, 1972 Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. | (aged 64)
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
1930–1932 | Northwest Missouri State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1944–1945 | Texas Mines |
1945–1947 | New Mexico Mines |
1947–1954 | Idaho |
1954–1957 | Mississippi Southern |
Baseball | |
1948–1953 | Idaho |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1945–1947 | New Mexico Mines |
Charles Finley | |
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Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1942–1944 |
Rank | ![]() |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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, Clem Parberry was hired as head baseball coach after the 1953 season.[6][7]
Finley served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and coached a season at the Texas School of Mines in El Paso (now UTEP) in 1944–45. He was the athletic director and coached two sports at the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro prior to his stint at Idaho, and was also a baseball scout for the Boston Braves organization.[2][3]
As a collegian in the early 1930s, he played for legendary coach Henry Iba at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville.[2][3]
After seven years at Idaho, Finley left in April 1954 for Mississippi Southern,[8][9][10] then an independent in NAIA. He was the head coach for three seasons in Hattiesburg.
Head coaching record
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Texas Mines Miners (Border Conference) (1944–1945) | |||||||||
1944–45 | Texas Mines | 10–13 | 4–7 | 8th | |||||
Texas Mines: | 10–13 | 4–11 | |||||||
New Mexico Mines () (1945–1947) | |||||||||
1945–46 | New Mexico Mines | ||||||||
1946–47 | New Mexico Mines | ||||||||
New Mexico Mines: | |||||||||
Idaho Vandals (Pacific Coast Conference) (1947–1954) | |||||||||
1947–48 | Idaho | 12–18 | 3–13 | 5th (North) | |||||
1948–49 | Idaho | 13–15 | 7–9 | 4th (North) | |||||
1949–50 | Idaho | 14–16 | 7–9 | 4th (North) | |||||
1950–51 | Idaho | 14–13 | 6–10 | 4th (North) | |||||
1951–52 | Idaho | 19–11 | 9–7 | 2nd (North) | |||||
1952–53 | Idaho | 14–11 | 8–8 | 2nd (North) | |||||
1953–54 | Idaho | 15–8 | 9–7 | 2nd (North) | |||||
Idaho: | 101–92 | 49–63 | |||||||
Mississippi Southern Southerners (NAIA independent) (1954–1957) | |||||||||
1954–55 | Mississippi Southern | 11–17 | |||||||
1955–56 | Mississippi Southern | 16–12 | |||||||
1956–57 | Mississippi Southern | 12–13 | |||||||
Mississippi Southern: | 39–42 | ||||||||
Total: | 150–147 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Basketball (1947-48 season)". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1948. p. 300.
- ^ a b c d "Finley new University of Idaho head basketball, baseball coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 31, 1947. p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Coaching posts to Chuck Finley". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 31, 1947. p. 15.
- ^ "Baseball (1949 & 1948 seasons)". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1949. p. 254.
- ^ "Baseball (1952 season)". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1952. p. 182.
- ^ a b "Clem Parberry hired as baseball coach at Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. August 11, 1953. p. 8.
- ^ "Clem Parberry new Vandal coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 11, 1953. p. 12.
- ^ "Chuck Finley resigns as Idaho basketball boss". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 29, 1954. p. 15.
- ^ "Idaho basketball coach Chuck Finley resigns". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 30, 1954. p. 2.
- ^ "Basketball (1953-54 season)". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1954. p. 179.
External links
[edit]- Sports Reference – Charles Finley
- Charles Finley at Find a Grave
- 1907 births
- 1972 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Idaho Vandals baseball coaches
- Idaho Vandals men's basketball coaches
- New Mexico Mines Miners athletic directors
- New Mexico Mines Miners men's basketball coaches
- Northwest Missouri State Bearcats men's basketball players
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball coaches
- United States Navy officers
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- UTEP Miners men's basketball coaches