Michael Edward Curry (born August 22, 1968) is an American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for the

Vanderbilt Commodores The Vanderbilt Commodores are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's team ...

. Curry played in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(NBA) from 1993 to 2005. He later served as

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

of the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...

Playing career

A 6'5"

guard Guard or guards may refer to: Professional occupations * Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault * Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street * Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning * Prison ...

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

from

Glenn Hills High School Glenn Hills Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in the south Augusta area of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It opened in 1967. Athletics The school mascot is a Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spár ...

Augusta, Georgia Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navig ...

, and

Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hine ...

, Curry played eleven seasons (1993–1994 through 2004–2005) in the

as a member of the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...

, the

Washington Bullets The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays ...

, the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

, the

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...

and the

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

. Though he never averaged more than 6.6 points per game in a season, Curry was well respected throughout the league for his strong defense and leadership qualities, and for several years he served as president of the NBA Players Association. In 1992, Curry was a guard/forward for the

Long Island Surf The Long Island Surf were a professional basketball team based in Long Island, New York. They played 14 seasons in the United States Basketball League (USBL). History The franchise was established in 1985 as the Long Island Knights, and played ...

of the United States Basketball League (USBL), averaging 20 points per game. As of the November 2000, he was one of 128 USBL players who had graduated to the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

. Internationally, Curry played in the German 1st basketball league for Steiner Bayreuth (1990–1991), in Italy for Clear Cantù (1994) and in the Spanish ACB for Valvi Girona (1994–1995).

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" ,

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, 10 , , 0 , , 4.3 , , .214 , , .000 , , .750 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.9 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, 5 , , 0 , , 6.8 , , .300 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

, 41 , , 1 , , 18.3 , , .464 , , .400 , , .707 , , 2.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 4.9 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

, 81 , , 2 , , 15.0 , , .448 , , .299 , , .898 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 3.9 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

, 82 , , 27 , , 24.1 , , .469 , , .444 , , .835 , , 1.2 , , 1.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.2 , , 6.6 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 50 , , 4 , , 22.9 , , .437 , , .067 , , .797 , , 2.2 , , 1.6 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 4.9 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

, 82 , , 3 , , 19.6 , , .480 , , .200 , , .839 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

, 68 , , 58 , , 21.8 , , .455 , , .444 , , .849 , , 1.8 , , 1.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 5.2 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 82 , , 75 , , 23.3 , , .453 , , .269 , , .791 , , 2.0 , , 1.5 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 77 , , 19.9 , , .402 , , .296 , , .800 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 3.0 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, 70 , , 15 , , 17.6 , , .388 , , .200 , , .845 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 2.9 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

, 18 , , 7 , , 13.8 , , .448 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.5 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 1.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 667 , , 269 , , 19.8 , , .447 , , .298 , , .825 , , 1.6 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 4.5

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , 0 , , 14.3 , , .429 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , 0 , , 3.5 , , .500 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , 0 , , 19.7 , , .583 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 6.7 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , 1 , , 26.3 , , .522 , , .000 , , .667 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 9.3 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 10 , , 10 , , 22.1 , , .564 , , .385 , , .727 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 5.7 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 15 , , 14 , , 18.3 , , .364 , , .333 , , .857 , , 1.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 2.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 36 , , 25 , , 19.0 , , .480 , , .333 , , .774 , , 1.1 , , 1.0 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 4.3

Coaching career

On June 10, 2008 Curry was named as the head coach of the

for the 2008–09 season, succeeding

Flip Saunders Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunders (February 23, 1955 – October 25, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the La Crosse Catbirds, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards. High schoo ...

. He received a three-year deal, worth $2.5 million per season. On June 30, 2009, Curry was fired as head coach. Prior to becoming head coach of the Pistons, Curry served as an assistant coach for Detroit and also as the NBA's Vice-President of Player Development. Curry later worked as the associate head coach for the

. On April 7, 2014, Curry accepted a job at Florida Atlantic University, replacing

Mike Jarvis Michael D. Jarvis (born April 12, 1945) is an American college basketball coach most recently as head men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. He has coached at Boston University, George Washington University and St. John's Univers ...

. In four seasons, the Owls were 39–84 under Curry, who was fired from FAU on March 16, 2018 and replaced by

Dusty May Dusty A. May Coaching career After graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Indiana under Bob Knight as an undergraduate from 1996 to 2000. After graduat ...

Head coaching record

NBA

, - , align="left",

, align="left", , 82 , , 39 , , 43 , , , , align="center", 3rd in Central , , 4 , , 0 , , 4 , , , align="center", Lost in

First Round First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

, -class="sortbottom" , colspan="2" align="center", Career , 82 , , 39 , , 43 , , , , , , 4 , , 0 , , 4 , , , ,

College

Personal life

His son, Deon Curry, played football as a wide receiver for

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

.Michigan State University Official Athletic Siteyyy
/ref> Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to

Dell Curry Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) ...

and Steph Curry.

References

External links

Career statisticsNBA bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Michael 1968 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from Georgia (U.S. state) Basketball players from Augusta, Georgia Capital Region Pontiacs players CB Girona players College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Detroit Pistons assistant coaches Detroit Pistons head coaches Detroit Pistons players Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball coaches Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball players Indiana Pacers players Liga ACB players Milwaukee Bucks players National Basketball Players Association presidents Omaha Racers players Pallacanestro Cantù players Philadelphia 76ers assistant coaches Philadelphia 76ers players Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Anniston, Alabama Toronto Raptors players Undrafted National Basketball Association players Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball coaches Washington Bullets players