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HEAD COACH CHRIS FINWOOD THE FINWOOD FILE Born: Jan. 20, 1966 in Plattsburgh, N.Y. High School: Hampton (Va.) High School High School Athletics: Varsity Baseball (3 years), Varsity Basketball (3 years) College: Virginia Military Institute, 1988 (BA, English) College Athletics: Baseball (1985-88), shortstop, four letters "I have known Chris for a long time. He is a good person, knows the recruiting area and I think you have a very good coach. I remain ready to help him in any way possible. Good luck to all the Monarchs." Mark Newman - Senior Vice President for Baseball Operations - New York Yankees, and former ODU baseball coach COACHING EXPERIENCE: Virginia Military Institute, Assistant Coach, 1989-90; 1991 Radford, Assistant Coach, Fall 1990 Virginia Military Institute, Head Coach, 1992-94 Virginia Commonwealth, Assistant Coach, 1995-98 Virginia Commonwealth, Associate Head Coach, 1999-2000 Auburn, Assistant Coach, 2001-05 Western Kentucky, Head Coach, 2005-2011 FINWOOD TEAMS IN THE NCAA 2008 - Stillwater, Okla. (Oklahoma State 5, WKU 3; TCU 10, WKU 5) "Chris Finwood is one of my all time favorite VMI baseball players. I recruited him out of Hampton High School to play shortstop for us and he became a four-year starter, All Southern Conference selection, and was inducted into the VMI Sports Hall of Fame. Chris was the hardest working player I had. Wood Selig was smart to hire him at Western Kentucky and even smarter hiring him at ODU." Donny White - VMI Director of Athletics 2009 - Oxford, Miss. (WKU 11, Missouri 5; Ole Miss 7, WKU 4; WKU 11, Missouri 6; WKU 10, Ole Miss 9; Ole Miss 4, WKU 1 (regional final)) "In my opinion Chris is one of the best five college baseball coaches in America. I'm excited for ODU and baseball." Henry Morgan - Peninsula Pilots Owner HEAD COACHING RECORD VMI (52-97) 3 yrs 1992 11-39 1993 20-29 1994 21-29 WKU 190-154 (6 yrs) 1996 22-30 2007 25-30 2008 33-27 SBC Champions/ NCAA Tournament 2009 42-20 SBC Reg. Season Champions/NCAA Reg. Finals 2010 35-23 2011 33-24 TLS 242-251 (9 yrs) FINWOOD MILESTONES Coach of the Year: 2009 -Sun Belt 1st Collegiate Victory: Feb. 21, 1992 vs. Shenandoah (7-2 at VMI) 100th Collegiate Victory: Feb. 22, 2008 vs. Bowling Green (11-4 at WKU) 200th Collegiate Victory: April 10, 2010 vs. South Alabama (12-4 at WKU) What Others Are Saying About Coach Finwood