Bill Curley

Bill Curley
Emerson Lions
Position	Head coach
League	NEWMAC
Personal information
Born	May 29, 1972 (age 52); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Duxbury; (Duxbury, Massachusetts)
College	Boston College (1990–1994)
NBA draft	1994: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1994–2001
Position	Power forward
Number	17, 15, 31, 30
Coaching career	2011–present
Career history
As player:
1994–1995	Detroit Pistons
1997–1999	Minnesota Timberwolves
1999	Golden State Warriors
2000	Houston Rockets
2000	Golden State Warriors
2000	Dallas Mavericks
2000–2001	Golden State Warriors
As coach:
2011–2014	Emerson (assistant)
2014–present	Emerson
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-American – NABC (1994); 2× First-team All-Big East (1993, 1994); Second-team Parade All-American (1990);
Career NBA statistics
Points	394 (2.7 ppg)
Rebounds	290 (2.0 rpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

William Michael Curley (born May 29, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Emerson Lions men's basketball team.

Curley has two brothers and one sister, with both brothers, Matty and Mickey, having played professional basketball overseas.

High school/college career

A 6'9" power forward with a reputation for being a solid outside shooter in spite of his size, Curley led his Duxbury High School Green Dragons basketball team to a Massachusetts State Championship in 1989. He was selected as a McDonald's All-American in 1990, and was one of the most highly recruited, sought after by Notre Dame, Duke, Villanova, North Carolina and the University of Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

He accepted a scholarship offer from the Boston College Eagles. There, Curley led a renaissance of the school's basketball program. He was the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year in 1991, and was twice selected as a first team All-Big East player.^{[citation needed]}

A four-time team MVP, Curley was the team leader on the 1994 squad which advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA basketball tournament. In 1994, he received the BC "Eagle of the Year" award as the school's top athlete (subsequently inducted into the Boston College Hall of Fame on November 12, 2006). His college coach, Jim O'Brien called him "...one of the best players ever at Boston College."^[1]

NBA career

Selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1994 NBA draft, Curley played in five NBA seasons, for five different teams: the Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. His professional career was blighted with injuries, and he missed the entire schedule from 1995 to 1997, playing a maximum of 53 regular season contests, in his rookie year.

Upon retiring, with averages of 2.7 points and two rebounds, in only 147 games, Curley settled with his wife and three children in his hometown of Duxbury, Massachusetts, running summer basketball camps.^[2]

Coaching career

In 2011, he became an assistant at Emerson College in Boston under his Boston College coach Jim O'Brien. Upon O'Brien's retirement in 2014, Curley was named interim head coach of the Lions. In 2019, he led Emerson to its first NEWMAC championship and its first NCAA tournament appearance.^[3]

References

^ Standing tall in BC's Hall of Fame, Boston.com; accessed October 2, 2021.
^ Bill Curley Basketball clinic - Basketball camps
^ Tiedemann, Andy (March 27, 2014). "Jim O'Brien to retire". Emerson College. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

External links

[1] Standing tall in BC's Hall of Fame, Boston.com; accessed October 2, 2021.

[2] Bill Curley Basketball clinic - Basketball camps

[3] Tiedemann, Andy (March 27, 2014). "Jim O'Brien to retire". Emerson College. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

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