Michael Curry (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1968)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Michael Curry

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|8|22}}

| birth_place = Anniston, Alabama, U.S.

| highschool = Glenn Hills (Augusta, Georgia)

| college = Georgia Southern (1986–1990)

| draft_year = 1990

| career_start = 1990

| career_end = 2005

| career_number = 12, 20, 34

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| coach_start = 2007

| coach_end =

| years1 = 1990–1991

| team1 = Steiner Bayreuth

| years2 = 1992–1993

| team2 = Capital Region Pontiacs

| years3 = 1992

| team3 = Long Island Surf

| years4 = {{nbay|1993|full=y}}

| team4 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years5 = 1994

| team5 = Clear Cantù

| years6 = 1994–1995

| team6 = Valvi Girona

| years7 = 1995

| team7 = Omaha Racers

| years8 = {{nbay|1995|end}}

| team8 = Washington Bullets

| years9 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}

| team9 = Detroit Pistons

| years10 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}

| team10 = Milwaukee Bucks

| years11 = {{nbay|1999|start}}–{{nbay|2002|end}}

| team11 = Detroit Pistons

| years12 = {{nbay|2003|full=y}}

| team12 = Toronto Raptors

| years13 = {{nbay|2004|full=y}}

| team13 = Indiana Pacers

| cyears1 = {{nbay|2007|full=y}}

| cteam1 = Detroit Pistons (assistant)

| cyears2 = {{nbay|2008|full=y}}

| cteam2 = Detroit Pistons

| cyears3 = {{nbay|2010|start}}–{{nbay|2012|end}}

| cteam3 = Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2014–2018

| cteam4 = Florida Atlantic

| cyears5 = 2020–2021

| cteam5 = Georgia (player development assistant)

| cyears6 = 2021–2024

| cteam6 = Vanderbilt (assistant)

| highlights = *First-team All-TAAC (1990)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,986 (4.5 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,045 (1.6 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 804 (1.2 apg)

}}

Michael Edward Curry (born August 22, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently an assistant coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Curry played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2005. He later served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons.

College career

A 6'5" guard/forward from Glenn Hills High School in Augusta, Georgia, Curry played four seasons at Georgia Southern University. With the Eagles, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists over his four-year collegiate career.

The Eagles performed well during Curry's tenure with the team, winning the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) tournament championship and qualifying for the 1987 NCAA tournament in Curry's freshman year at Georgia Southern.

Curry's best season with the Eagles came in his senior year when he averaged 16.6 points per game and was named to the 1989–90 All-TAAC team.

Professional career

Curry played eleven seasons (1993–1994 through 2004–2005) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors and the Indiana Pacers. 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030804010716/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2003/playermatch?teama=det&teamb=orl ESPN.com – NBA – PLAYOFFS2003 – Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic]

In 1992, Curry was a guard/forward for the Long Island Surf of the United States Basketball League (USBL), averaging 20 points per game. As of November 2000, he was one of 128 USBL players who had graduated to the NBA.{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2017 |url=http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsgs.aspx?subjectid=30764&msgnum=5&batchsize=10&batchtype=Next |title=Three New USBL Alumni to Appear on NBA Opening Night Rosters; 128 Players Have Graduated From the USBL to the NBA |work=Silicon Investor |location=San Francisco, CA |date=November 13, 2000 |author=Copia, Joe}}

Internationally, Curry played in the German 1st basketball league for Steiner Bayreuth (1990–1991), in Italy for Clear Cantù (1994)[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=CUR-MIC&year=1993&team=732 Michael Curry] and in the Spanish ACB for Valvi Girona (1994–1995).{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=AV4 |title=ACB |access-date=2008-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525152850/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=AV4 |archive-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead }}

NBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| align="left" | 1993–94

| align="left" | Philadelphia

| 10 || 0 || 4.3 || .214 || .000 || .750 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.9

| align="left" | 1995–96

| align="left" | Washington

| 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

| 41 || 1 || 18.3 || .464 || .400 || .707 || 2.0 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 4.9

| align="left" | 1996–97

| align="left" | Detroit

| 81 || 2 || 15.0 || .448 || .299 || .898 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.9

| align="left" | 1997–98

| align="left" | Milwaukee

| style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 27 || 24.1 || .469 || .444 || .835 || 1.2 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 6.6

| align="left" | 1998–99

| align="left" | Milwaukee

| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || 4 || 22.9 || .437 || .067 || .797 || 2.2 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 4.9

| align="left" | 1999–00

| align="left" | Detroit

| 82 || 3 || 19.6 || .480 || .200 || .839 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 6.2

| align="left" | 2000–01

| align="left" | Detroit

| 68 || 58 || 21.8 || .455 || .444 || .849 || 1.8 || 1.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 5.2

| align="left" | 2001–02

| align="left" | Detroit

| 82 || 75 || 23.3 || .453 || .269 || .791 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 4.0

| align="left" | 2002–03

| align="left" | Detroit

| 78 || 77 || 19.9 || .402 || .296 || .800 || 1.6 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 3.0

| align="left" | 2003–04

| align="left" | Toronto

| 70 || 15 || 17.6 || .388 || .200 || .845 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.9

| align="left" | 2004–05

| align="left" | Indiana

| 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" | Detroit

| 3 || 0 || 14.3 || .429 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 2.0

| align="left" | 1996–97

| align="left" | Detroit

| 2 || 0 || 3.5 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0

| align="left" | 1998–99

| align="left" | Milwaukee

| 3 || 0 || 19.7 || .583 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 6.7

| align="left" | 1999–00

| align="left" | Detroit

| 3 || 1 || 26.3 || .522 || .000 || .667 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 9.3

| align="left" | 2001–02

| align="left" | Detroit

| 10 || 10 || 22.1 || .564 || .385 || .727 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 5.7

| align="left" | 2002–03

| align="left" | Detroit

| 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 Detroit Pistons for the 2008–09 season, succeeding Flip Saunders. He received a three-year deal, worth $2.5 million per season.{{cite news |last=Gerstner |first=Joanne C. |date=2008-06-10 |title=Curry: We're playing to put up another banner |url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/SPORTS0102/806100422 |access-date=2008-06-10 |work=The Detroit News}} On June 30, 2009, Curry was fired as head coach.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=4297296|title=Pistons fire Curry|access-date=2016-01-16

|publisher=ESPN|first1=Marc|last1=Stein|date=2009-07-01}} 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.[http://www.insidehoops.com/curry-vice-president-081006.shtml InsideHoops.com – Michael Curry named NBA Vice President, Basketball Operations]

Curry later worked as the associate head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers.{{cite news |url=http://www.nba.com/coachfile/michael_curry/index.html?nav=page|publisher=National Basketball Association|access-date=2016-01-16|work=nba.com|title= Michael Curry}}

On April 7, 2014, Curry accepted a job at Florida Atlantic University, replacing Mike Jarvis. In four seasons, the Owls were 39–84 under Curry, who was fired from FAU on March 16, 2018 and replaced by Dusty May.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031618aaa.html |title=FAUSPORTS.COM Athletics to Seek a New Head Mens Basketball Coach :: Florida Atlantic University Official Athletic Site Florida Atlantic University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball |access-date=2018-03-16 |archive-date=2018-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102144/http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031618aaa.html |url-status=dead }}

Head coaching record

=NBA=

| align="left"|Detroit

| align="left"|{{nbay|2008}}

| 82 || 39 || 43 || {{winpct|39|43}} || align="center"|3rd in Central || 4 || 0 || 4 || {{winpct|0|4}}

| align="center"|Lost in First round

|-class="sortbottom"

| colspan="2" align="center"|Career

| 82 || 39 || 43 || {{winpct|39|43}} || || 4 || 0 || 4 || {{winpct|0|4}} ||

=College=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Florida Atlantic Owls

|startyear=2014

|conference=Conference USA

|endyear=2018

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Florida Atlantic

| overall = 9–20

| conference = 2–16

| confstanding = 14th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015–16

| name = Florida Atlantic

| overall = 8–25

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = T–12th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = Florida Atlantic

| overall = 10–20

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = T–11th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2017–18

| name = Florida Atlantic

| overall = 12–19

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = T–11th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Florida Atlantic

| overall = 39–84 ({{Winning percentage|39|84}})

| confrecord = 19–53 ({{Winning percentage|19|53}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall= 39–84 ({{Winning percentage|39|84}})

|poll=no

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Personal life

His son, Deon Curry, played football as a wide receiver for Michigan State University.[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/curry_deon00.html Michigan State University Official Athletic Site]