Stanislaus State Athletics

Rachel Finnegan is entering her third year as the assistant basketball coach. She returned home to Turlock to join the Cal State Stanislaus coaching staff in the summer of 2015 as the 2009 graduate of Turlock High School was named as assistant coach by women's basketball head coach Wayman Strickland.

Alongside Strickland, Finnegan helped lead the Warriors to two consecutive conference tournament appearances, including a first-round win over Cal State L.A. in 2017. 

Prior to arriving on the CSU Stanislaus campus, Finnegan was an assistant coach at California High School in San Ramon. She also worked with the San Francisco 49ers as a Guest Relations Representative.
 
At Turlock High, Finnegan was a two-time league Most Valuable Player while leading the Bulldogs to two conference championships. As a junior, she was the Modesto Bee District Player of the Year and was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State team as a senior. In all, Finnegan amassed 1,460 points, 960 rebounds, 600 assists and 400 steals as a prep star.
 
Finnegan played two seasons (2012-14) and appeared in 56 games at Cal State East Bay as she helped lead the Pioneersto its first CCAA tournament appearance during her senior season in 2014.
 
After her stellar high school career, she spent her first two collegiate seasons at San Jose State, where she made WAC All-Academic team honors twice.
 
Finnegan obtained her Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Cal State East Bay in May of 2014 and recently received her Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University of Irvine in May 2017.