Michael Curry (basketball)

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.

Michael Curry

Personal information
Born	(1968-08-22) August 22, 1968 (age 55) Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Glenn Hills (Augusta, Georgia)
College	Georgia Southern (1986–1990)
NBA draft	1990: undrafted
Playing career	1990–2005
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	12, 20, 34
Coaching career	2007–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1991	Steiner Bayreuth
1992–1993	Capital Region Pontiacs
1992	Long Island Surf
1993–1994	Philadelphia 76ers
1994	Clear Cantù
1994–1995	Valvi Girona
1995	Omaha Racers
1996	Washington Bullets
1996–1997	Detroit Pistons
1997–1999	Milwaukee Bucks
1999–2003	Detroit Pistons
2003–2004	Toronto Raptors
2004–2005	Indiana Pacers
As coach:
2007–2008	Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2008–2009	Detroit Pistons
2010–2013	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2014–2018	Florida Atlantic
2020–2021	Georgia (player development assistant)
2021–2024	Vanderbilt (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-TAAC (1990)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,986 (4.5 ppg)
Rebounds	1,045 (1.6 rpg)
Assists	804 (1.2 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Internationally, Curry played in the German 1st basketball league for Steiner Bayreuth (1990–1991), in Italy for Clear Cantù (1994)^[3] and in the Spanish ACB for Valvi Girona (1994–1995).^[4]

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993–94	Philadelphia	10	0	4.3	.214	.000	.750	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.9
1995–96	Washington	5	0	6.8	.300	.000	1.000	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	2.0
1995–96	Detroit	41	1	18.3	.464	.400	.707	2.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	4.9
1996–97	Detroit	81	2	15.0	.448	.299	.898	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	3.9
1997–98	Milwaukee	82*	27	24.1	.469	.444	.835	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.2	6.6
1998–99	Milwaukee	50*	4	22.9	.437	.067	.797	2.2	1.6	0.8	0.1	4.9
1999–00	Detroit	82	3	19.6	.480	.200	.839	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.1	6.2
2000–01	Detroit	68	58	21.8	.455	.444	.849	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.0	5.2
2001–02	Detroit	82	75	23.3	.453	.269	.791	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.1	4.0
2002–03	Detroit	78	77	19.9	.402	.296	.800	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	3.0
2003–04	Toronto	70	15	17.6	.388	.200	.845	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	2.9
2004–05	Indiana	18	7	13.8	.448	.000	.500	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.7
Career		667	269	19.8	.447	.298	.825	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	4.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995–96	Detroit	3	0	14.3	.429	.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0
1996–97	Detroit	2	0	3.5	.500	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
1998–99	Milwaukee	3	0	19.7	.583	.000	1.000	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	6.7
1999–00	Detroit	3	1	26.3	.522	.000	.667	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	9.3
2001–02	Detroit	10	10	22.1	.564	.385	.727	1.4	1.2	0.4	0.0	5.7
2002–03	Detroit	15	14	18.3	.364	.333	.857	1.1	1.1	0.5	0.1	2.7
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.^[5] On June 30, 2009, Curry was fired as head coach.^[6] 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.^[7]

Curry later worked as the associate head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers.^[8]

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.^[9]

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Detroit	2008–09	82	39	43	.476	3rd in Central	4	0	4	.000	Lost in First round
Career		82	39	43	.476		4	0	4	.000

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Florida Atlantic Owls (Conference USA) (2014–2018)
2014–15	Florida Atlantic	9–20	2–16	14th
2015–16	Florida Atlantic	8–25	5–13	T–12th
2016–17	Florida Atlantic	10–20	6–12	T–11th
2017–18	Florida Atlantic	12–19	6–12	T–11th
Florida Atlantic:		39–84 (.317)	19–53 (.264)
Total:		39–84 (.317)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Personal life

His son, Deon Curry, played football as a wide receiver for Michigan State University.^[10] He is not related to Dell and Steph Curry.

References

1. ESPN.com – NBA – PLAYOFFS2003 – Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic
2. Copia, Joe (November 13, 2000). "Three New USBL Alumni to Appear on NBA Opening Night Rosters; 128 Players Have Graduated From the USBL to the NBA". Silicon Investor. San Francisco, CA. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
3. Michael Curry
4. . Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
5. C. Gerstner, Joanne (2008-06-10). "Curry: We're playing to put up another banner". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
6. Stein, Marc (2009-07-01). "Pistons fire Curry". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
7. InsideHoops.com – Michael Curry named NBA Vice President, Basketball Operations
8. "Michael Curry". nba.com. National Basketball Association. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
9. . Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
10. Michigan State University Official Athletic Siteyyy

External links

• Career statistics
• NBA bio