A veteran of more than 30 years coaching experience at the college and high school levels, Doug Finley has been named head coach of the Muhlenberg College men's and women's cross country teams.

Finley was an assistant coach for the Mules for the last three years. In each of those seasons, Muhlenberg qualified a runner for the NCAA Championships in cross country. The 2012 qualifier came in 67th, the highest finish ever by a Mule at the national meet, and last year's qualifier posted the highest finish by a member of the Mule men's team (92nd).

Finley will also continue his duties as sprints and hurdles coach for the Muhlenberg track and field teams. In 2013, he coached an All-American in the women's 60-meter hurdles.
 
Before coming to Muhlenberg, Finley coached at three area high schools from 1997 to 2012, including two stints as head track and field coach at William Allen, as well as high schools in Ohio and Illinois. Finley was an assistant coach for the 2009 state championship team in cross country at Emmaus High School and coached individual state champions in cross country and the high hurdles.
 
Finley was a junior college All-American in the intermediate hurdles at Mohawk Valley Community College (N.Y.) before earning a Division I scholarship at Austin Peay State University, from where he graduated in 1979.
 
A master All-American in the high and intermediate hurdles in 1998, Finley began his coaching career with stints at two colleges, the University of Rochester and Lehigh University.