Steve Finkel


Stephen Finkel is an American former international rugby union player and coach.
Finkel was a Scioto Valley RFC product and played on the varsity team at Ohio University.
A flanker, Finkel represented the United States in the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was capped six times for the United States national [rugby union team|Eagles XV] during the 1980s, with two appearances at the 1987 [Rugby World Cup] in Australia.
Finkel was the Ohio State University head rugby coach from 1988 to 1991, then took charge of the United States men's national [rugby sevens team], which he coached to the 1993 [Rugby World Cup Sevens].
In 2017, Finkel was inducted into the US Rugby Hall of Fame.