Candice Finley, a former Lady Colonel and a 2001 second team all-conference selection, returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach prior to the 2008-09 season. Finley was a freshman when EKU Head Coach Chrissy Roberts was a senior. The two helped Eastern capture the 1998 Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship.
Her duties as an assistant at EKU include overseeing academics, organizing community service projects and working with the team’s post players.
Finley began her collegiate coaching career when she joined former EKU assistant Meghan Brown’s first staff at Southern Connecticut State University for the 2007-08 season. Finley helped SCSU continue its winning tradition. The team posted the program’s seventh straight winning season.
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Before embarking on a collegiate coaching career, Finley spent four seasons as the head coach at Romulus High School in Romulus, Mich. She led Romulus to a Mega White Division championship in 2004 and a pair of district titles in 2004 and 2007. In 2007, Finley was named Downriver Coach of the Year.
She also served as a coach with the Michigan Crossover AAU/Nike Travel Team program from 2002 to 2007. She helped the team win two Michigan AAU state titles.
After earning a bachelor’s degree from EKU in 2002, Finley played professionally in Luxembourg for a season before returning to serve as an assistant at Romulus High School. After two seasons as an assistant, Finley served as the head coach for two seasons.
Finley was a three-year starter for the Lady Colonels from 1997 to 2001. She concluded her career with more than 1,000 points, nearly 500 rebounds and more than 100 steals. She earned second team all-conference honors after leading Eastern in scoring (13 ppg) and rebounding (5.5 rpg) her senior season. She finished her collegiate career having made 45.4 percent of her shots from the field. She stands 19th on EKU’s all-time scoring list.
In addition to her OVC championship, the Detroit, Mich., native won three state titles at Bishop Borgess High School.
