Nora Lynn Finch (2026) - NC State Athletic Hall of Fame

Nora Lynn Finch

Induction:
2026

Nora Lynn Finch, an assistant coach on Kay Yow's staff from 1977-1984, was a trailblazing administrator at NC State and in the Atlantic Coast Conference for four decades. She was the Assistant Director of Athletics, the first in the ACC to hold that title, as well as the first woman at an ACC school to serve as the primary administrator for men's sports (soccer, track and field and swimming). In seven years as an assistant for the women's basketball team, the Wolfpack won three ACC Regular Season Championships (1978, '80 and '83), including a sweep for the ACC Regular and Tournament titles in 1980. That ACC tournament title in 1980 was a first in program history. Finch served as the inaugural chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee from 1981-88 and negotiated the first women's basketball tournament television contract with CBS. In 2008, she was named Senior Associate Commissioner/Women's Basketball for the ACC and retired in 2019 after her historic career promoting women's sports.