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| Coach Michael Curry |
Montgomery Catholic is proud to announce Michael Curry as
the new Head Coach for Varsity Boys Basketball. “We are thrilled to welcome
Coach Curry to our Montgomery Catholic family,” said Anne Ceasar, President of
Montgomery Catholic. “He brings a wealth of experience to our basketball
program and we know that he will continue its momentum. We look forward to our
new coach being in our new gym!”
Coach Curry was equally enthusiastic about joining the coaching
staff. “I am so excited to be joining
the Montgomery Catholic family. This is truly an honor and I look forward
to building on the strong foundation that has been laid in this program. I would
like to thank Mrs. Ceasar, Principal Castanza and AD Veres for giving me
this opportunity to lead the boys basketball program here at Montgomery
Catholic.”
Curry comes to Catholic with a long history of high
school and collegiate basketball coaching. He spent the past 5 seasons with the
Alabama State University Hornets as an assistant men’s basketball coach. Prior
to this, he served as an assistant coach for seven seasons at Troy University
where he was instrumental in bringing home the Trojans' first-ever Sun Belt
regular season title in 2010.
In 2002, Curry started his college coaching career at
Okaloosa-Walton after four seasons as head basketball coach at Robert E. Lee
High School in Montgomery. Six of his high school players received college
basketball scholarships and one was named Metro Montgomery 6A player of the
year.
"We are so excited to welcome Coach Curry to our Montgomery
Catholic family," said Athletic Director Daniel Veres. "We took some
time to ensure we had the right fit for our program, and we believe Mike is the
perfect fit. Personally, I'm excited for all of the student athletes to meet
him. I believe they will be blown away by who he is as a coach and by how well
he will connect with them as a mentor and leader."
Born into an Air Force family, Curry and his four
siblings moved all over the world before settling in Selma, Alabama where his
father, CMsgt. Thomas Curry, taught RCIA classes at Queen of Peace Catholic
Church in Selma following his retirement. A 1989 Selma High School graduate, Curry
played basketball and ran track. As a senior, he was voted Most Valuable Player
and finished third in the state high jump. He played basketball at
Chattahoochee Valley Community College and at Georgia Southwestern College
before earning a Bachelor of Science in physical education from Alabama State
University in 1996.
Montgomery Catholic is looking forward to the upcoming
season with Coach Curry and the new facility that will house his teams.
Construction is ongoing for a 31,000 square foot gymnasium with stadium seating
and capacity for 800. The gym will have two regulation basketball courts, a
weight room, concession area, offices, locker rooms and conference rooms. The
new gym is projected to open in 2019.
