Peter "Pete" Finnerty (born 4 March 1964 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland) is an Irish former hurling coach and former player. Regarded as one of his county's all-time greats, Finnerty had a distinguished playing career at club level with Mullagh and at senior level with the Galway county team. He was a wing-back on the latter team from 1985 until 1994 and collected two All-Ireland titles, one National Hurling League title and five All-Star awards.