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Kevin Finneran

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Kevin Finneran is an American lacrosse coach and former player. In 2006, he was the head coach and general manager of Major League Lacrosse's Chicago Machine. Prior to becoming the team's first head coach Finneran had played in the MLL. He played with the Long Island Lizards from 2001 to 2004 and the Philadelphia Barrage in 2005.

Kevin also played box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He spent 12 years and won four NLL Championships with the Philadelphia Wings before signing as a free agent with the Toronto Rock, where he played one season and won another championship.

Kevin played for Team USA in the Heritage Cup in both 2002 and 2004, and was named the captain of the 2004 team. He played his college ball at Ohio Wesleyan where he was a first Team All-American Midfield, was coached by Mike Pressler and played in the 1989 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship.

His brother Brian Finneran, a former director of catering at the "21" Club and Tavern on the Green, is a well known event producer in New York City.

Finneran served as the Director of Lacrosse of IMG Academy from May 2010 to February 2011.[1]

Finneran attended Holy Trinity Diocesan High School on Long Island, where he led the lacrosse team to its first-ever winning season, as well as a Nassau-Suffolk Catholic League title, in 1982.[2] He played college lacrosse at Ohio Wesleyan and Cornell.

Finneran was inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2018.[3] In 2021, he was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame.

Statistics

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NLL

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1991 New England 9 11 9 20 42 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
1992 Detroit 8 7 7 14 23 6 1 0 1 1 2 0
1993 Philadelphia 8 9 14 23 51 4 2 2 5 7 12 2
1994 Philadelphia 8 11 19 30 43 0 2 1 12 13 14 2
1995 Philadelphia 8 6 21 27 42 6 2 4 7 11 13 0
1996 Philadelphia 10 24 21 45 52 2 2 6 3 9 16 2
1997 Philadelphia 10 17 26 43 41 6 1 2 1 3 2 0
1998 Philadelphia 12 28 37 65 50 6 3 8 12 20 16 0
1999 Philadelphia 12 20 32 52 61 13 1 0 1 1 3 2
2000 Philadelphia 12 15 34 49 52 4 1 3 2 5 2 0
2001 Philadelphia 14 23 39 62 54 11 2 1 3 4 5 0
2002 Philadelphia 16 39 40 79 69 14 1 0 3 3 5 0
2003 Toronto 16 25 30 55 51 6 2 0 3 3 10 0
Totals   143 235 329 564 631 80 20 27 53 80 100 8

MLL

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2001 Long Island 12 8 0 3 11 12 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0.5
2002 Long Island 14 24 2 10 36 39 1 2 4 0 2 6 0 0
2003 Long Island 10 8 0 5 13 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
2004 Long Island 12 16 0 8 24 19 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 Philadelphia 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLL Totals 51 56 2 26 84 91 3.5 6 5 0 3 8 6 2.5

References

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  1. ^ "IMG Lacrosse Academy Director". www.imgacademies.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-18.
  2. ^ Krupinski, Joe (May 23, 1982). "Holy Trinity Wins Lacrosse Title". Newsday. p. 294. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kevin Finneran (2008) - Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame". Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.