Casey Finnegan
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Casey Finnegan
| image = Casey Finnegan.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|3|28}}
| birth_place = New Richmond, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|12|28|1890|3|28}}
| death_place = Grafton, North Dakota, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1928–1940
| coach_team1 = North Dakota Agricultural
| admin_years1 = 1928–1940
| admin_team1 = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall_record = 57–48–11
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 2 NCC (1932, 1935)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Charles Casey Finnegan{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VFgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ICQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027,2867862&dq=finnegan+north+dakota+athletic&hl=en|title=The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=August 30, 2015|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404193813/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VFgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ICQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027,2867862&dq=finnegan+north+dakota+athletic&hl=en|url-status=dead}} (March 28, 1890 – December 28, 1958){{cite book|title=Who's who in Education: A Biographical Directory of the Teaching Profession|author1=Bowman, G.E.|author2=Nellie C. Ryan|date=1927|publisher=Who's Who in Education.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjtCAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=August 30, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GF&s_site=grandforks&p_multi=GF&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6E82057DF7406&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Grand Forks Herald: Search Results|publisher=nl.newsbank.com|accessdate=August 30, 2015}} was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University—from 1928 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 57–48–11. In 1928, Finnegan co-coached with Stanley Borleske, who had previously coached at North Dakota Agricultural from 1919 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1924.
Finnegan graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1913 and attended the University of Wisconsin for graduate study in 1924. He died on December 28, 1958, in Grafton, North Dakota.{{cite news |author= |title=Retired Since 1955—Veteran NDAC Coach Casey Finnegan Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25613579/the_bismarck_tribune/ |newspaper=The Bismarck Tribune |location=Bismarck, North Dakota |agency=Associated Press |date=December 29, 1958 |page=14 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Dakota Agricultural Bison
| conf = North Central Conference
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1940
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 3–4–1
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 1–1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1932
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 3–2–4
| conference = 2–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 5–3–2
| conference = 2–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1935
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 4–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Dakota Agricultural
| overall = 57–48–11
| confrecord = 26–24–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 57–48–11
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|116263365}}
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