He played professionally for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Pinhey played college football at Muskingum University.

[1] Pinhey served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakotafrom 1959 to 1962 and at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio from 1963 to 1966, compiling a career college football coaching record of 17–44–3.

He was the head baseball coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut from 1968 to 1999, amassing a record of 357–476–5.

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