Chris Curry (baseball)
{{Short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chris Curry
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Little Rock
| current_conference = Ohio Valley
| current_record = 237–262
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|17}}
| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 1997–1998
| player_team1 = Meridian C. C.
| player_years2 = 1999
| player_team2 = Mississippi State
| player_years3 = 1999
| player_team3 = Eugene Emeralds
| player_years4 = 2000–2001
| player_team4 = Lansing Lugnuts
| player_years5 = 2000–2002
| player_team5 = Daytona Cubs
| player_years6 = 2001–2002
| player_team6 = West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
| player_years7 = 2002
| player_team7 = Iowa Cubs
| player_years8 = 2003–2005
| player_team8 = Norwich Navigators
| player_years9 = 2006
| player_team9 = Gary SouthShore RailCats
| player_positions = Catcher
| coach_years1 = 2007
| coach_team1 = Hendrix (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2008
| coach_team2 = Arkansas Tech (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2009–2010
| coach_team3 = Arkansas (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2011–2012
| coach_team4 = Meridian C. C.
| coach_years5 = 2013–2014
| coach_team5 = Northwestern State (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2015–present
| coach_team6 = Little Rock
| overall_record = 237–262 (NCAA)
69–44 (NJCAA)
| tournament_record = Sun Belt: 2–9
OVC:1–4
NCAA: 0–0
| championships = * Miss-Lou Conference Championship (2012)
- OVC regular season (2024)
| awards =
- OVC Coach of the Year (2024)
- Miss-Lou Conference Coach of the Year (2012)
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2016)
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Christopher Michael Curry (born November 11, 1977) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Curry is the head coach of the Little Rock Trojans baseball team.
Amateur career
Curry attended Conway High School in Conway, Arkansas. Curry played for the school's varsity baseball team. The San Francisco Giants selected Curry in the 26th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign, and enrolled at Meridian Community College, to play college baseball for the Meridian Eagles baseball team.
As a freshman at Meridian, Curry was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round, but he returned for a sophomore season at Meridian. He was again drafted by the Tigers, this time in the 48th round. He instead accepted a scholarship to Mississippi State University to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team.
In the 1999 season as a junior, Curry hit .295, 8 home runs, 11 doubles and 51 RBIs.
Professional career
Curry was drafted in the 9th round by the Chicago Cubs in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft.
Curry began his professional career with the Eugene Emeralds of the Class A Northwest League, where he batted .227 with two home runs.
Coaching career
On November 7, 2008, Curry was named a volunteer assistant for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team.{{cite web |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/curry_joins_baseball_as_volunteer_assistant_1598565/ |title=Curry Joins Baseball As Volunteer Assistant |date=November 7, 2014 |publisher=University of Arkansas Athletics |work=www.arkansasrazorbacks.com |accessdate=January 24, 2019}} On July 17, 2010, Curry was introduced as the head coach at Meridian Community College.{{cite web |url=https://www.meridianstar.com/sports/honored-curry-returns-to-mcc-as-head-baseball-coach/article_b5305bde-38b0-5d50-8210-5b31ec4d0efe.html |title='Honored' Curry returns to MCC as head baseball coach |author=Daniel Rigdon |date=July 17, 2010 |publisher=MeridianStar.com |work=www.meridianstar.com |accessdate=January 25, 2019}} Curry lead Meridian to a 69–44 record as the head coach. On June 26, 2012, Curry was named the pitching coach at Northwestern State.{{cite web |url=https://www.thecabin.net/article/20120626/SPORTS/306269834 |title=Conway's Chris Curry new pitching coach at NW State |author=David McCollum |date=June 26, 2012 |work=www.thecabin.net |accessdate=January 25, 2019}}
After two seasons at Northwestern State, Curry was named the head coach of the Little Rock Trojans baseball program.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2014/07/06/curry-named-head-baseball-coach-at-ualr/12269615/ |title=Curry named head baseball coach at UALR |date=July 6, 2014 |publisher=USA Today |work=www.usatoday.com |accessdate=January 25, 2019}} Curry lead the Trojans to a 26–26 regular season record and a third-place finish in the Sun Belt Conference in 2016, as a result, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/may/25/trojans-picked-top-player-coach/ |title=Trojans picked as top player, coach |date=May 25, 2016 |publisher=Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. |work=www.nwaonline.com |accessdate=January 25, 2019}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Meridian Eagles
| conference= Miss-Lou Conference
| startyear = 2011
| endyear = 2012
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Meridian
| overall = 35–22
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012
| name = Meridian
| overall = 34–22
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Meridian Community College
| overall = 69–44
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Little Rock Trojans
| conference= Sun Belt Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = 2022
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 16–33
| conference = 12–17
| confstanding = T-8th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 26–28
| conference = 17–13
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason = Sun Belt Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 21–34
| conference = 11–18
| confstanding = 4th {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = Sun Belt Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 28–28
| conference = 15–14
| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = Sun Belt Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 29–28
| conference = 18–11
| confstanding = 2nd {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = Sun Belt Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 9–8
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding = {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 21–30
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = T-3rd {{small|(West)}}
| postseason = Sun Belt Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 24–26
| conference = 11–18
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Little Rock
| overall =
| confrecord = 95–104
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Little Rock Trojans
| conference= Ohio Valley Conference
| startyear = 2023
| endyear =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 31–23
| conference = 14–8
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Ohio Valley Tournament
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2024
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 32–24
| conference = 19–8
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Ohio Valley Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Little Rock
| overall = 237–262
| confrecord = 33–16
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 237–262
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See also
References
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External links
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- [https://lrtrojans.com/coaches.aspx?rc=121 Little Rock Trojans bio]
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