Will Finch

Biography

Will Finch joined the University of Houston Men's Basketball program as associate director of operations in September 2024. In that role, he works closely with Head Coach Kelvin Sampson and assists Director of Operations and Basketball Strategy Bobby Champagne in team travel, student-athlete recruiting visits and day-to-day operations. This is the second time Finch has worked with Sampson during their careers. He served as a student manager at Indiana from 2004 to 2007, which included Sampson's first year with the Hoosiers, and assisted in event management/administration roles as he completed his master's degree. Finch came to Houston following a pair of stints at Detroit-Mercy, where he most recently served as the Titans' video coordinator. He previously worked as Men's Basketball director of basketball operations in 2009-10, was an assistant athletic facilities coordinator at Indiana from 2012-13, served as a graduate assistant for men's basketball at Marshall from 2011-12, and was an assistant men's basketball coach at Saint Catharine College from 2010-11. Finch worked with Impact Basketball in Las Vegas in 2009, where he organized the training center's management and aided in on-court training of NBA-caliber players. He was part of the largest turnaround in Detroit Mercy school history as they went from 7-23 to 20-14 in 2009-10, ending with a run to the Horizon League Championship Semifinals. Finch earned his undergraduate degree in sports management and marketing from In