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]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1898 LaFayette, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | August 27, 1979 (aged 80–81) Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1920–1921 | Springfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1924 | Lincoln (MO) |
| 1925–1926 | Virginia State |
| 1929–1930 | Vashon HS (MO) (assistant) |
| 1930–1944 | Vashon HS (MO) |
| 1945–1955 | Washington Tech HS (MO) |
| 1956–1963 | Hadley Tech HS (MO) |
| 1964–1966 | Vashon HS (MO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9–6–5 (college) |
Head coaching record
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edit| 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
edit- ^ "Otis E. Finley, Sr., receiving Tarbell Medallion". Springfield College. 1969. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Crisis". NAACP. 1924. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ 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 .
