Jack Curran
{{Short description|American baseball and basketball coach}}
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| name = Jack Curran
| image = Jack Curran coach.jpg
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| birth_name = John Joseph Curran
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|09|06}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|03|14|1930|09|06}}
| death_place = Rye, New York, U.S.
| resting_place = Saint Marys Cemetery,
Rye Brook, New York, U.S.
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.996|-73.681|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline}}
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| occupation = Sports coach
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| awards =
| alma_mater = St. John's University
}}
John Joseph Curran (September 6, 1930 – March 14, 2013) was an American baseball and basketball coach. Curran was the head coach at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York City. Curran won more basketball and baseball games than any high school coach in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/sports/ncaabasketball/08curran.html|title=Celebrating Jack Curran's 50 Years at Archbishop Molloy|last=Mallozzi|first=Vincent M. |date=February 8, 2008|work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 January 2010|location=New York, New York}}
He has been elected into nine different Halls of Fame.{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/legendary-hs-coach-jack-curran-dead-82-article-1.1288328 | title=Jack Curran, the legendary baseball & basketball coach at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, dead at 82 | publisher=New York Daily News | date=March 14, 2013 | accessdate=September 24, 2013 |author1=Garcia, Julian |author2=Abramson, Mitch}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/sports/jack-curran-a-mentor-in-two-sports-dies-at-82.html?_r=0 | title=Jack Curran, a Mentor in Two Sports, Dies at 82 | work=The New York Times | date=March 14, 2013 | accessdate=2013-03-15 | author=Weber, Bruce}}
Early life and education
Curran was born on September 6, 1930,{{cite web | url=http://obituaries.nydailynews.com/24935891 | title=Curran John Joseph 'Jack' | work=Daily News | date=March 17, 2013 | access-date=September 24, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130808033950/http://obituaries.nydailynews.com/24935891 | archive-date=August 8, 2013 | df=mdy-all }} the son of New York City police officer Thomas Curran and Helen Curran, who worked in the New York City Police Commissioner's office.
Curran graduated in 1948 from All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York City.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/10/nyregion/father-basketball-long-into-overtime-after-45-years-coach-still-teaches-layups.html?pagewanted=all|title=Father Basketball, Long Into Overtime; After 45 Years, a Coach Still Teaches Layups and Life's Lessons|last=Barry|first=Dan|date=February 10, 2003|work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 January 2010|location=New York, New York}} He earned a bachelor's degree in English from St. John's University, where he became a pitcher of the varsity team.{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tn3mwTje14kJ:www.mcguirefoundation.org/publications/JackCurran.pdf+Jack+Curran+honors&hl=en&gl=us&sig=AHIEtbQmg41XjqOJ0ZB110MG_JxUL422sA|title=Coach Jack Curran|work=Frank McGuire Foundation Biographies|publisher=The New York Athletic Club|accessdate=12 January 2010|location=New York, New York}}{{Dead link|date=August 2013}}
Curran played minor league baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies organizations.
Coaching career
Curran began coaching in 1958 at St. Ann's Academy, which was later renamed as Archbishop Molloy High School.{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/legendary-molloy-coach-curran-laid-rest-article-1.1294248?pgno=1 | title=Jack Curran, former boys basketball and baseball coach at Archbishop Molloy, laid to rest in Rye, NY, following death at age 82 | publisher=New York Daily News | date=March 20, 2013 | accessdate=September 24, 2013 | author=Abramson, Mitch}}{{cite web | url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/14/legendary-archbishop-molloy-hs-coach-jack-curran-dies/ | title=Archbishop Molloy HS Grieves Loss Of Legendary Coach Jack Curran | publisher=CBS New York | date=March 14, 2013 | accessdate=September 24, 2013 | author=CBSNewYork/AP}}
During his career at Archbishop Molloy, Curran won more basketball and baseball games than any high school coach in the United States.
Among his former players are the former NBA players Brian Winters, Kevin Joyce, Kenny Smith, Robert Werdann, and Kenny Anderson.
Honors
Curran was named CHSAA Coach of the Year 25 times in baseball, 22 times in basketball, won city championships in three different decades.
He has been elected into nine different Halls of Fame, including the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
On February 8, 2008, the school community honored his 50th year as head coach of baseball and basketball by unveiling a mural of the coach "through the years" after a game vs. St. Francis Prep.
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