caption death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
finney during his time at purdue 6 march 1954 los angeles county , california 1893 1894 dana , indiana 5 -- 5 iowa state kentucky 766 football 14 april 1871 bill finney.png w. p. finney
 w. p. finney purdue university -lrb- 1893 -rrb-
w. p. finney

william porter finney was the second head football coach for the iowa state university cyclones located in ames , iowa and he held that position for the 1893 season .
he also coached at kentucky in 1894 , with a record of 5 -- 2 .
he attended purdue university where he played on the football team from 1890 to 1893 .
he was the captain of the 1893 team and also won multiple letters in the sport .
finney later relocated to california where he was employed as a railway engineer .
