Mike Finneran was the head diving coach for North Carolina State University. College athletics pays reasonably well, even for a “minor” sport such as diving; Mr. Finneran made between $60,000 and $180,000 a year.
However, that’s not what he allegedly put down as his income on his state tax returns. Apparently Mr. Finneran is a disciple of the Wesley Snipes school; the North Carolina Revenue Department says that Mr. Finneran wrote $0 as his income.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Finneran has been fired as head diving coach of NC State. Whether he’ll end up at another state institution — a North Carolina prison — will be determined in 2007.