W. P. Finney

W. P. Finney
Biographical details
Finney during his time at Purdue
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1871-04-14)April 14, 1871 Dana, Indiana
Died	March 6, 1954(1954-03-06) (aged 82) Los Angeles County, California
Alma mater	Purdue University (1893) University of Chicago
Playing career
1890–1893	Purdue
?	Chicago
Position(s)	Tackle^[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1893	Iowa State
1894	Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	5–5

William Porter Finney^[2] (April 14, 1871 – March 6, 1954) was the second head football coach for the Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa and he held that position for the 1893 season.^[3]^[4] His coaching record at Iowa state was 0–3.^[5] He also coached at Kentucky in 1894, with a record of 5–2.^[6]

Finney attended Purdue University where he played on the football team from 1890 to 1893.^[7] He was the captain of the 1893 team and also won multiple letters in the sport.^[8]^[9]

Finney later relocated to California where he was employed as a railway engineer.^[10]

References

↑ "The Indianapolis News from Indianapolis, Indiana · Page 19".
↑ "... Debris".
↑ Ross, Earle Dudley (1 January 1942). "A history of the Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanic arts". Iowa state college press – via Google Books.
↑ ""The Bomb": Iowa Agricultural College Yearbook for the Class of 1895".
↑ Iowa State Coaching Records Archived 2009-06-21 at WebCite
↑ "University of Kentucky - Official Athletics Site" (PDF).
↑ "PURDUESPORTS.COM - PURDUESPORTS.COM - Purdue University Official Athletic Site - Football".
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/04-media-guide/04mg-11.pdf
↑ "... Debris".

External links

W. P. Finney at the College Football Data Warehouse

Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

Ira C. Brownlie (1892)
W. P. Finney (1893)
Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898)
Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899)
C. E. Woodruff (1900)
Edgar N. Clinton (1901)
A. W. Ristine (1902–1906)
Clyde Williams (1907–1912)
Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914)
Charles Mayser (1915–1919)
Norman C. Paine (1920)
Maury Kent (1921)
Sam Willaman (1922–1925)
C. Noel Workman (1926–1930)
George F. Veenker (1931–1936)
James J. Yeager (1937–1940)
Ray Donels (1941–1942)
Mike Michalske (1942–1946)
Emmett Stuber (1947–1953)
Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956)
Jim Myers (1957)
Clay Stapleton (1958–1967)
Johnny Majors (1968–1972)
Earle Bruce (1973–1978)
Donnie Duncan (1979–1982)
Jim Criner (1983–1986)
Jim Walden (1987–1994)
Dan McCarney (1995–2006)
Gene Chizik (2007–2008)
Paul Rhoads (2009–2015)
Matt Campbell (2016– )

Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches

A. M. Miller (1892)
John Thompson (1893)
W. P. Finney (1894)
Charles B. Mason (1895)
Dudley Short (1896)
Lyman Eaton (1897)
W. R. Bass (1898–1899)
W. H. Kiler (1900–1901)
E. W. McLeod (1902)
Jack Wright (1903)
Fred Schacht (1904–1905)
J. White Guyn (1906–1908)
Edwin Sweetland (1909–1910)
Prentiss Douglass (1911)
Edwin Sweetland (1912)
Alpha Brumage (1913–1914)
John J. Tigert (1915–1916)
Stanley A. Boles (1917)
Andrew Gill (1918–1919)
William Juneau (1920–1922)
Jack Winn (1923)
Fred J. Murphy (1924–1926)
Harry Gamage (1927–1933)
Chet A. Wynne (1934–1937)
A. D. Kirwan (1938–1942)
No team (1943)
A. D. Kirwan (1944)
Bernie Shively (1945)
Bear Bryant (1946–1953)
Blanton Collier (1954–1961)
Charlie Bradshaw (1962–1968)
John Ray (1969–1972)
Fran Curci (1973–1981)
Jerry Claiborne (1982–1989)
Bill Curry (1990–1996)
Hal Mumme (1997–2000)
Guy Morriss (2001–2002)
Rich Brooks (2003–2009)
Joker Phillips (2010–2012 )
Mark Stoops (2013– )

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