Otis Finley
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]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (Independent) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Lincoln | 2–1–1 | |||||||
| Lincoln: | 2–1–1 | ||||||||
| Virginia State Trojans (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Virginia State | 3–1–4 | 1–1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1926 | Virginia State | 4–4 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| Virginia State: | 7–5–4 | 4–5–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 9–6–5 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Otis E. Finley, Sr., receiving Tarbell Medallion". Springfield College. 1969. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Year in Higher Learning". The Crisis. Vol. 28, no. 3. NAACP. July 1924. pp. 112–113. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tuthill, Otis (April 26, 1967). "Otis Finley: A Man On the Right Track". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 38. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Murdoch, Charles (November 17, 1949). "Finley Has Brought Good Football To Vashon, Tech". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 22. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Otis Finley Sr". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. August 29, 1979. p. 65. Retrieved May 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .