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Otis Finley
Biographical details
Born	1898
Died	August 27, 1979 (aged 80–81); Maryland
Playing career
1920–1921	Springfield (MA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1924	Lincoln (MO)
1925–1926	Virginia State
1964–1966	Vashon HS (MO)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1949–1959	St. Louis Washington HS (MO)
1959–1964	St. Louis Hadley Tech HS (MO)
Head coaching record
Overall	9–6–5 (college)

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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 a graduate of Tuskegee University, the University of Akron, and Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died on August 27, 1979, in Maryland.^[3]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

^ "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)
^ "Otis Finley Sr". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. August 29, 1979. p. 65. Retrieved May 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

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  | name      = [[Virginia State Trojans football|Virginia State Trojans]]
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  | startyear = 1925
  | endyear   = 1926