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Chris Finch (basketball)

Chris Finch (born 1969) is an American basketball coach, currently the coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBDL. as well as the head coach of the Great Britain national basketball team.

Finch is a 1992 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster PA, where he was an Division III All American in 1991 and 1992. In 1991, as one of the best defenders in nation, he helped lead the F&M Diplomats to the National Division III Championship game in Springfield Ohio, where they lost to Wisconsin Platteville.

He started his career in England with the Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League, leading them to many titles during his tenure, and making the franchise the most successful in league history. After winning the Championship with Sheffield in the 1998-99 season, he was named as the BBL Coach of the Year. He moved to Europe for a fresh challenge and to Germany, where he was the head coach of the Giessen 46ers in the Basketball Bundesliga. The team had a horrible year and Finch was fired after having a record of 4-13 and the team on the verge of relegation. After this, he moved to Belgium, where he was the coach of Euphony Bree for two seasons before signing for league rivals Dexia Mons-Hainaut in 2007.

v Great Britain squad - EuroBasket 2009 • 13th place
4 Hart | 5 Achara | 6 Lenzly | 7 Mensah-Bonsu | 8 Sullivan | 9 George | 10 Archibald | 11 Freeland | 12 Reinking | 13 Clark | 14 Boyd | 15 Betts | Coach: Finch

Categories: 1971 births | Living people | American basketball coaches | Basketball in the United Kingdom

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