Ryan Finnigan is in his eighth season as an assistant coach with the New York University men’s soccer team. In addition to coaching, his main responsibility is in the area of recruiting.
In 2016, Finnigan helped guide NYU to a 9-8-2 overall record, including a 3-4 mark in the ultra-competitive University Athletic Association (UAA) as the Violets earned a postseason bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championship.
Four Violets received All-UAA recognition in 2016, including junior midfielder Tristan Medios-Simon and senior captain and midfielder Petter Aasa, who were named to the Second Team. Medios-Simon was also named First Team All-ECAC Metro and led NYU with eight goals and four assists. The squad excelled in the classroom as well, with 13 players earning UAA Fall Sport All-Academic honors and 12 being named to NYU’s Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee’s (IAAC) Fall Honor Roll.
Finnegan helped lead the Violets to a 6-12 record in 2015. Individually, goalkeeper Lucas Doucette, Aasa and defender Robin Smith were all named Honorable Mention All-UAA, while the entire team received the Sportsmanship Award from the New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA).
In 2014, Finnigan helped lead the Violets to an 11-7-1 overall record and to the semifinals of the ECAC Division III Metro Championship. Three players earned Second Team All-UAA honors: Aasa, Mickey Ingerman and Malcolm Montilus, while two others, Doucette and Nicolas Notaro, were chosen Honorable Mention. Montilus was also named ECAC Metro Co-Rookie of the Year.
In 2013, NYU finished 6-8-3 overall and 4-2-2 at home. Four players earned All-UAA honors, including Aasa who received Second Team accolades. Ingerman, Juan Velez and Tim Goldman were tabbed Honorable Mention.
In 2012, Finnigan helped lead NYU to its best start in program history (9-0) en route to ending the season as the ECAC Division III Metro Champions, the second title in school history and the first since 2001. The Violets climbed as high as #6 in the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America)/Continental Tire Division III national rankings en route to an overall 12-7-2 record.
Finnigan helped NYU soar to new heights in his first season on the sidelines in 2010. The Violets went 11-3-4 overall and 4-0-3 in the UAA, claiming their first-ever Association Championship. The squad climbed as high as #20 in the national rankings and earned the right to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division III Championship.
That year, the team broke several school and UAA records on defense, as NYU became the first squad in history to go all seven Association games without allowing a goal. The Violets broke school records for goals-against average (0.47) and consecutive shutout minutes (754:50), while tying the record for shutouts (12).
For its efforts, NYU earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
A 2010 NYU graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics, Finnigan is a 2015 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. During his time at Cordozo, Finnigan worked as a legal and compliance intern for a hedge fund, an in-house legal intern for the general counsel’s office of Oppenheimer & Co., an honors extern for the trial counsel united of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and a judicial intern for the Honorable Sean H. Lane of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Finnigan also served as a staff editor on the Cordozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Finnigan was a member of the Violets’ 2006 team that reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division III Championship, the program’s first Division III national tournament appearance. That squad set team records for wins (15-4-4), longest winning streak (10) and longest unbeaten streak (12, 10-0-2).
During his time as an NYU student, Finnigan interned for J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group Division.
Finnigan, who holds coaching licenses from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and the NSCAA, is a native and resident of Syosset, NY.
