Kristy Curry

Kristy Curry

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Alabama
Record	42-49 (.462)
Biographical details
Born	October 29, 1966 Olla, Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990	Weston HS
1990–1991	Mansfield HS
1991–1992	Tulane (asst.)
1994–1996	Texas A&M (asst.)
1996–1999	Louisiana Tech (asst.)
1999–2006	Purdue
2006–2013	Texas Tech
2013–present	Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	351-198 (.639)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Kay Yow Heart of a Coach Award

Kristy Lynn Curry née Sims (born October 30, 1966)^[1] is the head coach of the University of Alabama's women's basketball team, the Crimson Tide. She took the job in 2013.

Coaching career

Curry graduated from Northeast Louisiana University in 1988. Her career started with coaching jobs at Weston and Mansfield High Schools in her home state of Louisiana. She held several college assistant coaching jobs, including Tulane, Texas A&M, and Louisiana Tech. Immediately prior to taking her position with the Lady Raiders on March 30, 2006, she was the head coach of Purdue's women's basketball team. In addition to two Big Ten championships, she led the Boilermakers to seven consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament, including four appearances in the Sweet Sixteen, two appearances in the Elite Eight, one appearance in the Final Four, and one appearance in the national championship game (2001).^[2]

As head coach of the Texas Tech Lady Raiders, following the retirement of Hall of Fame coach Marsha Sharp, Curry embarked upon a rebuilding program as her tenure began in 2006, facing the challenges of new-era recruiting and the increased talent prevalent in the Big Twelve Conference, especially Big Twelve South opponents Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M, all of whom were frequently ranked in the Top 25 and contending for the national championship. In her first six years at Texas Tech, Curry led the Lady Raiders to three appearances in the Women's National Invitational Tournament.

In January 2011, the Lady Raiders ascended to #26 in the AP national rankings (#25 in the Coaches' Poll), and on February 19, 2011 in the United Spirit Arena, the Lady Raiders upset the #1-ranked Baylor Bears. In the regular-season finale on March 5, 2011 Texas Tech defeated the #18 Oklahoma Sooners for the Lady Raiders' third victory over a ranked opponent in seventeen days. Texas Tech accepted an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.

In March 2011, Curry signed a five-year contract extension with Texas Tech.^[3] Under Curry's leadership, the Lady Raiders began the 2011-12 season with 14 straight victories and were ranked #10 in the AP poll in early January 2012.

On January 9, 2013, Curry reached her 300th career victory, with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats with a score of 59-50 on her home court in Lubbock, Texas, with a career record of 300-141 (.680) at the time. Curry guided the Texas Tech Lady Raiders to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, their second appearance in three years in the tournament.

Curry accepted the same position at The University of Alabama on May 11, 2013, and replaced former Crimson Tide basketball star Wendell Hudson as head coach.^[4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1999–2006)
1999–00	Purdue	23–8	11–5	T–3rd	NCAA Second Round
2000–01	Purdue	31–7	14–2	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2001–02	Purdue	24–6	13–3	1st	NCAA Second Round
2002–03	Purdue	29–6	12–4	T–2nd	NCAA Elite Eight
2003–04	Purdue	29–4	14–2	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004–05	Purdue	17–13	9–7	5th	NCAA Second Round
2005–06	Purdue	26–7	13–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Purdue:		179–51 (.778)	86–26 (.768)
Texas Tech Lady Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2013)
2006–07	Texas Tech	15–16	6–10	T–7th
2007–08	Texas Tech	17–16	4–12	T–10th	WNIT Third Round
2008–09	Texas Tech	16–15	6–10	T–7th
2009–10	Texas Tech	18–15	5–11	T–8th	WNIT Second Round
2010–11	Texas Tech	22–11	8–8	6th	NCAA First Round
2011–12	Texas Tech	21–14	6–12	9th	WNIT Third Round
2012–13	Texas Tech	21–11	11–7	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
Texas Tech:		130–98 (.570)	46–70 (.397)
Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Alabama	14–16	7–9	T–6th
2014–15	Alabama	13-19	2-14	14th
2015–16	Alabama	15-16	4-12	12th
Alabama:		42-51 (.452)	13-35 (.271)
Total:		351-200 (.639)
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

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
2. Player Bio: Kristy Curry :: Women's Basketball
4. Birdsong, Nick (May 16, 2013). "Alabama introduces new women's basketball coach Kristy Curry". AL.com. Retrieved May 20, 2013.

External links

• Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball