Charles Casey Finnegan
(March 28, 1890 – December 28, 1958)
was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
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
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
record of 57–48–11. In 1928, Finnegan co-coached with
Stanley Borleske
Stanley Evans Borleske (August 20, 1888 – January 3, 1967) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now North Dakota State University (1919â ...
, 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
Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,733 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Ripon.
Ripon is home to the Little White Schoolhouse, the commonly recognized birthplace of ...
in 1913 and attended the
University of Wisconsin
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for graduate study in 1924. He died on December 28, 1958, in
Grafton, North Dakota.
Head coaching record
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1890 births
1958 deaths
North Dakota State Bison athletic directors
North Dakota State Bison football coaches
Ripon College (Wisconsin) alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
People from New Richmond, Wisconsin
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