Chris Curry (baseball)

Christopher Michael Curry (born November 11, 1977) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Curry is the head coach of the Little Rock Trojans baseball team.

Chris Curry
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLittle Rock
ConferenceSun Belt
Record129–159
Biographical details
Born (1977-11-17) November 17, 1977
Little Rock, Arkansas
Playing career
1997–1998Meridian C. C.
1999Mississippi State
1999Eugene Emeralds
2000–2001Lansing Lugnuts
2000–2002Daytona Cubs
2001–2002West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2002Iowa Cubs
2003–2005Norwich Navigators
2006Gary SouthShore RailCats
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007Hendrix (asst.)
2008Arkansas Tech (asst.)
2009–2010Arkansas (asst.)
2011–2012Meridian C. C.
2013–2014Northwestern State (asst.)
2015–presentLittle Rock
Head coaching record
Overall129–159
TournamentsSun Belt: 2–7
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2016)

Amateur career

Curry attended Conway High School in Conway, Arkansas. Curry played for the school's varsity baseball team. The San Francisco Giants selected Curry in the 26th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign, and enrolled at Meridian Community College, to play college baseball for the Meridian Eagles baseball team.

As a freshman at Meridian, Curry was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round, but he returned for a sophomore season at Meridian. He was again drafted by the Tigers, this time in the 48th round. He instead accepted a scholarship to Mississippi State University to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team.

In the 1999 season as a junior, Curry hit .295, 8 home runs, 11 doubles and 51 RBIs.

Professional career

Curry was drafted in the 9th round by the Chicago Cubs in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft.

Curry began his professional career with the Eugene Emeralds of the Class A Northwest League, where he batted .227 with two home runs.

Coaching career

On November 7, 2008, Curry was named a volunteer assistant for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team.[1] On July 17, 2010, Curry was introduced as the head coach at Meridian Community College.[2] Curry lead Meridian to a 69–44 record as the head coach. On June 26, 2012, Curry was named the pitching coach at Northwestern State.[3]

After two seasons at Northwestern State, Curry was named the head coach of the Little Rock Trojans baseball program.[4] Curry lead the Trojans to a 26–26 regular season record and a third place finish in the Sun Belt Conference in 2016, as a result, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year.[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–present)
2015 Little Rock 16–3312–17T-8th
2016 Little Rock 26–2817–13T-3rdSun Belt Tournament
2017 Little Rock 21–3411–184th (West)Sun Belt Tournament
2018 Little Rock 28–2815–143rd (West)Sun Belt Tournament
2019 Little Rock 29–2818–112nd (West)Sun Belt Tournament
2020 Little Rock 9–80–0(West)Season canceled due to COVID-19
Little Rock: 129–15973–73
Total:129–159

      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

See also

References

  1. "Curry Joins Baseball As Volunteer Assistant". www.arkansasrazorbacks.com. University of Arkansas Athletics. November 7, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. Daniel Rigdon (July 17, 2010). "'Honored' Curry returns to MCC as head baseball coach". www.meridianstar.com. MeridianStar.com. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. David McCollum (June 26, 2012). "Conway's Chris Curry new pitching coach at NW State". www.thecabin.net. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. "Curry named head baseball coach at UALR". www.usatoday.com. USA Today. July 6, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  5. "Trojans picked as top player, coach". www.nwaonline.com. Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. May 25, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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