After a career as a Division III All-American at Franklin & Marshall College ended in 1992, financial problems for the Globetrotters resulted in Finch joining the expansion Sheffield Sharks in England. Four years later, the head coach left and Finch, at 27, was offered the job.
"At that point," he said, "I figured my playing career wasn't going anywhere fast, so it was an opportunity to jump over to the coaching side, which is where I wanted to be, and see how far it could take me."
Finch won a championship in the British Basketball League, then moved to Germany and two different clubs in Belgium, winning another league title in the process. He was a guest summer league coach with the Dallas Mavericks when the Rockets first made contact.
"To be honest, I was surprised that they knew who I was," Finch said. "It turns out the organization is always casting a wide net looking for talent and that's how they pulled me in."
And nobody knows better already than Finch that life is a journey.
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