:W. P. Finney

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1871–1954)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = W. P. Finney

| image = Bill Finney.png

| alt =

| caption = Finney during his time at Purdue

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|4|14}}

| birth_place = Dana, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|3|6|1871|4|14}}

| death_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = Purdue University (1893)
University of Chicago

| player_years1 = 1890–1893

| player_team1 = Purdue

| player_years2 = ?

| player_team2 = Chicago

| player_positions = Tackle{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39596375/|title=The Indianapolis News from Indianapolis, Indiana · Page 19}}

| coach_years1 = 1893

| coach_team1 = Iowa Agricultural

| coach_years2 = 1894

| coach_team2 = Kentucky State College

| overall_record = 5–4

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

William Porter Finney{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/debris00purd_2#page/42/mode/2up/search/Finney|title=... Debris}} (April 14, 1871 – March 6, 1954) was an American college football player and coach. He was second head football coach at Iowa Agricultural College—now known as the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, serving for one season, in 1893, and compiled a record of 0–3.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_5IAAAAMAAJ|title=A history of the Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanic arts|first=Earle Dudley|last=Ross|date=January 1, 1942|publisher=Iowa state college press|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/8459716/The-Bomb-Iowa-Agricultural-College-Yearbook-for-the-Class-of-1895|title="The Bomb": Iowa Agricultural College Yearbook for the Class of 1895}}[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/iowa_state/coaching_records.php Iowa State Coaching Records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623082856/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/iowa_state/coaching_records.php |date=June 23, 2009 }} Finney also coached Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—in 1894, tallying a mark of 5–1.

Finney attended Purdue University, where he played on the football team from 1890 to 1893.{{cite web|url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/pur-m-footbl-ybyyres.html|title=Year-By-Year Results|access-date=December 20, 2013|archive-date=December 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221024152/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/pur-m-footbl-ybyyres.html|url-status=dead}} He was the captain of the 1893 team and also won multiple letters in the sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080609aac.html |title=Purdue Football All-Time Letterwinners |access-date=July 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729011324/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080609aac.html |archive-date=July 29, 2015 }}

Finney later relocated to California, where he was employed as a railway engineer.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/debris00purd_8#page/n171/mode/2up/search/finney|title=... Debris}}