Career
He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season. Finwood has coached 61 players who were selected in the MLB Players Draft including 3 major leaguers. Finwood was a standout shortstop at, where he was named to the SoCon"s All-North Division team three times.
His.399 batting average remains sixth in school history.
He also ranks highly on the program"s all-time lists for hits and runs. He began coaching at, serving as an assistant from 1989 through 1991 before being elevated to head coach.
In his three years as a head coach, the Keydets went from 2 wins in 1991 to 21 wins in both 1993 and 1994, and played in the 1993 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament championship game. Finwood then moved to VCU, serving as assistant for four years and associate head coach for two.
He then moved to Auburn where he worked as an assistant for five seasons.
He was responsible for the Tiger defense and also served as recruiting coordinator. Auburn recorded the two highest fielding percentages in school history, and ranked highly in both the Securities and Exchange Commission and nationally. The Tigers reached four National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments.
After his time at Auburn, Finwood earned the head coaching position at From his first to his third season, the Hilltoppers improved by 11 conference wins, claimed a conference tournament title, and reached the first of two straight National Collegiate Athletic Association Regionals.
Finwood saw 17 Hilltoppers drafted, 55 sign professional contracts, and three players reached Major League Baseball. ranked highly in defense, finishing third in the nation in 2009, and fifteenth in 2011. In June 2011, Finwood accepted the head coaching position at The Monarchs improved from last to fourth in the Civil Aeronautics Administration in the course of his first two seasons.
However, due to the fact that ODU was moving to Conference United States of America the Civil Aeronautics Administration officials ruled that they were ineligible for the conference tournament after winning 30 games and what would have been the third seed in the conference tournament. The 2014 team finished the year third in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in double plays turned and first in Conference United States of America in double plays, doubles, HBPs, runs, stolen bases, and second in triples.
In his four years at to date Finwood has had five players drafted (six picks) in the MLB Draft, two All-Americans, and several All-Conference selections as well as two victories over a #1 ranked team
