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{{short description|American basketball player (born 1964)}}
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| name = Dell Curry
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| image = Dell Curry at 2016 All-Star Weekend.jpg
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| children = Steph, Seth, and Sydel Curry, John Curry
| Spouse = ] (m. 1988) | caption = Curry in 2016
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* Consensus second-team ] (]) * Consensus second-team ] (])
* ] (1986) * ] (1986)
* 3x First-team All-] (1984–1986) * 3× First-team All-] (1984–1986)
* No. 30 ] * No. 30 ]
* Fourth-team ] (1982)
* Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
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* ] (1982)
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| stat1value = 12,670 (11.7 ppg)
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| stat2value = 2,617 (2.4 rpg) | stat1value = 12,670 (11.7 ppg)
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'''Wardell Stephen Curry Sr.'''<ref>{{cite news|first=Kyle|last=Whelliston|title=Ex-NBA shooter's son is star frosh at Davidson|date=December 20, 2006|website=ESPN.com|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?id=2703294|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional ] player. He played in the ] (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the ]' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHA/leaders_career.html|title=Charlotte Hornets Career Leaders|work=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref> Curry currently works as a ], alongside ], on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts. He is the father of ] players ] and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dell-Curry | title=Dell Curry &#124; American basketball player &#124; Britannica }}</ref>
'''Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry I''' (born June 25, 1964) is a retired American professional ] player who received his education from ] and ].


==Early life==
Curry played in the ] (NBA) from 1986 until 2002. He retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHA/leaders_career.html|title=Charlotte Hornets Career Leaders|work=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> Curry now works as a color commentator, alongside Steve Martin, on ] television broadcasts.
Born in ], Curry was raised in ] and played ] at ], where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a ] in ]. Curry also played ], and won state championships in both sports; he was selected by the ] in the ].<ref name=heavy></ref>


==College career==
He is the father of Worst Player Award winner ], a professional basketball player for the ], and ], a professional basketball player for the ] of the ].
Curry was a four-year starter at ] in ] along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, ], Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The Hokies appeared in the ] (NIT) in ] and ], finishing third in the latter. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the ] in ] and ], it lost in the first round on both occasions. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the ]. Prior to the ] season, ] basketball did not feature a ] line; Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career. (In the early and mid 1980s, the three-point line was introduced in many conferences at varying distances, but it was not recognized by the NCAA.)


Curry also played ] for ].<ref name=TheACC/> He was selected by the ] in the 14th round of the ] but opted to continue playing basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dell_curry/bio.html |title=Player Bio |work=NBA.com |access-date=2009-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110103912/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dell_curry/bio.html |archive-date=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>
== Early life ==
Curry was born in ], ]. He broke his left wrist at the age of 9 and practiced ] with one hand until his wrist fully healed.


Curry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6–1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.<ref name=TheACC>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Jim|title=Virginia Tech's Dell Curry|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120507aad.html|work=Looking Back...|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=16 March 2012|date=Dec 5, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629175507/www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120507aad.html|archive-date=29 June 2012}}</ref>
==High school==
Curry went to ] in ], and won state championships in both basketball and baseball. He is the school's all-time leading points scorer with 1,922. A McDonald's High School All-American in 1982, Curry was drafted out of high school by the ] in the 1982 MLB draft.


He was inducted into the ] in 1996, his first year of eligibility.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame - Virginia Tech Athletics |url=https://hokiesports.com/sports/2018/4/19/hall-of-fame.aspx |website=HokieSports.com |publisher=Virginia Tech Athletics |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>
== College career ==


==Professional career==
Curry was a four-year starter at ] along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The team appeared in the 1983 and 1984 ] tournaments, finishing 3rd in 1984. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the ] in 1985 and 1986, it lost in the first round on both occasions. In 1986, Curry was named the Metro Conference Player of the Year.
Curry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the ] in the ]. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the ] in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 season. He was left unprotected by Cleveland for the ] and was the second player selected, the first by the ]. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense with ] shooting. He was a regular in the discussions for ] and won the honor in the 1993–94 season. He was once the franchise's all-time statistical leader in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. When he left the team in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.<ref name="heavy" />


Curry played one season for the ] before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the ]. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryde01.html |title=Dell Curry NBA Stats |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616143908/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryde01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
] basketball did not feature a ] line during Curry's collegiate career; his accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career.


==NBA career statistics==
Curry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (2nd all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6-1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.<ref name=TheACC>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Jim|title=Virginia Tech's Dell Curry|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120507aad.html|work=Looking Back...|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|accessdate=16 March 2012|date=Dec 5, 2007}}</ref>


{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
Curry also played ] for ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120507aad.html|title=Looking Back... Virginia Tech's Dell Curry|accessdate=2013-05-09}}</ref> He was drafted by the ] in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB Draft but opted to continue playing basketball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dell_curry/bio.html|title=Player Bio |publisher=NBA.com |accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref>


== NBA career == ===Regular season===
The {{nowrap|6 ft 4 inch}} (1.93 m) Curry was selected 15th overall by the ] in the ]. He played one season in Utah before playing for the ] in 1987 for another season.


{{NBA player statistics start}}
He was selected by one of the NBA's two newest teams for the ], the ], in the ] after he was made available by the Cavaliers. In Charlotte, Curry was primarily used off the bench where he was utilized as an instant scoring threat, especially from behind the ] line.
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1986}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 67 || 0 || 9.5 || .426 || .283 || .789 || 1.2 || .9 || .4 || .1 || 4.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 79 || 8 || 19.0 || .458 || .346 || .782 || 2.1 || 1.9 || 1.2 || .3 || 10.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 48 || 0 || 16.9 || '''.491''' || .345 || .870 || 2.2 || 1.0 || .9 || .1 || 11.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 67 || 13 || 27.8 || .466 || .354 || '''.923''' || 2.5 || 2.4 || '''1.5''' || '''.4''' || 16.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 76 || 14 || 19.9 || .471 || .372 || .842 || 2.6 || 2.2 || 1.0 || .3 || 10.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 77 || 0 || 26.2 || .486 || .404 || .836 || 3.4 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .3 || 15.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 80 || 0 || 26.2 || .452 || .401 || .866 || '''3.6''' || 2.3 || 1.1 || .3 || 15.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| '''82''' || 0 || 26.5 || .455 || .402 || .873 || 3.2 || '''2.7''' || 1.2 || .3 || '''16.3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1994}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 69 || 0 || 24.9 || .441 || .427 || .856 || 3.4 || 1.6 || .8 || .3 || 13.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1995}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| '''82'''|| '''29''' || 28.9 || .453 || .404 || .854 || 3.2 || 2.1 || 1.3 || .3 || 14.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1996}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 68 || 20 || '''30.6''' || .459 || .426 || .803 || 3.1 || 1.7 || .9 || .2 || 14.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1997}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 52 || 1 || 18.7 || .447 || .421 || .788 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .6 || .1 || 9.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1998}}
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 42 || 0 || 20.6 || .485 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''.476'''* || .824 || 2.0 || 1.1 || .9 || .1 || 10.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| 67 || 9 || 16.3 || .427 || .393 || .750 || 1.5 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 7.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2000}}
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| 71 || 1 || 13.5 || .424 || .428 || .843 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .4 || .1 || 6.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2001}}
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| 56 || 4 || 15.8 || .406 || .344 || .892 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .4 || .1 || 6.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan=2| Career
| 1,083 || 99 || 21.7 || .457 || .402 || .843 || 2.4 || 1.8 || .9 || .2 || 11.7
|-
{{s-end}}


===Playoffs===
He played ten seasons for the Hornets (1988-1998) and currently ranks among the franchise's all-time statistical leaders in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. He was a regular vote-receiver for the ] and the conclusion of the ] finally saw him become the recipient of the trophy. When he departed the franchise after 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.


{{NBA player statistics start}}
Curry played one season for the ] before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the ]. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points; his record is currently with the newly renamed Charlotte Hornets (formerly the Charlotte Bobcats).
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|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || — || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 2 || 0 || 8.5 || .250 || .000 || — || .5 || 1.0 || .0 || '''.5''' || 1.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 9 || 0 || 24.7 || .433 || .286 || .818 || '''3.6''' || '''2.0''' || '''1.4''' || .0 || 11.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 4 || 0 || '''26.8''' || .471 || .429 || .909 || 2.3 || 1.5 || .0 || .0 || '''12.8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 3 || '''1''' || 16.7 || .294 || .250 || '''1.000''' || .3 || 1.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 4.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 9 || 0 || 19.0 || '''.593''' || .250 || .857 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .8 || .3 || 5.8
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| style="text-align:left;"| ]
|style="text-align:left;"|]
| 3 || 0 || 16.3 || .404 || .125 || '''1.000''' || 1.3 || .3 || 1.0 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ]
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| 3 || 0 || 10.0 || .133 || .667 || .500 || .7 || .3 || .7 || .0 || 2.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ]
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| '''12''' || 0 || 15.2 || .500 || .378 || .833 || 1.2 || .8 || .5 || .1 || 6.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
|style="text-align:left;"| ]
| 4 || 0 || 14.8 || .422 || '''.800''' || '''1.000''' || 1.3 || 1.0 || 1.3 || '''.5''' || 7.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan=2| Career
| 51 || 1 || 17.5 || .400 || .350 || .870 || 1.7 || 1.1 || .8 || .1 || 6.7
|-
{{s-end}}


==Coaching career== ==Post-playing career==
In 2004, Curry was inducted into the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dell Curry|url=http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=46|work=Class of 2004|publisher=Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum|access-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012547/http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=46|archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
On June 18, 2007, he was named an assistant coach of the NBA's ], but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.<ref>.</ref>


On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's ], but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.<ref>.</ref>
==Broadcasting career==
Curry started working as a color commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets) at the beginning of the 2009-10 NBA season.


In 2009, Curry started working as a commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).
== Virginia Sports Hall of Fame ==
In 2004, he was inducted into the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dell Curry|url=http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=46|work=Class of 2004|publisher=Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum|accessdate=17 March 2012}}</ref>


In 2016, Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend.
==Family==
In 1988, Curry married Sonya Adams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2015/05/steph-curry-parents-mom-dad-family-school/|title=Sonya & Dell Curry, Steph’s Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|work=]|date=May 25, 2015|accessdate=June 23, 2015}}</ref> They have three children: Stephen, Seth, and Sydel.


===Stephen Curry=== ==Personal life==
On June 21, 1991, Curry and Charlotte Hornets teammate ] appeared in a ] game for the ] of the ]. ], as owner of both teams, arranged the ]. Curry allowed only one run and struck out four batters in a three inning start.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Monagan |first1=Matt |title=When Muggsy Bogues played pro baseball |work=] |publisher=] |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/muggsy-bogues-played-baseball |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=February 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dell Curry Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=curry-001war |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=] |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Main|Stephen Curry}}


In 1995, Dell and his wife, ] ({{nee}} Adams), founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Montessori classrooms for infants & Pre-school in Huntersville, NC |url=https://www.christianmontessorischool.org/about-us/ |website=Christian Montessori School at Lake Norman {{!}} Toddler through 6th Grade in Huntersville, NC |access-date=1 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Wardell Stephen Curry II (more commonly referred to as "Steph" or "Stephen"), Dell's oldest son, was born in 1988. Curry plays as a guard and is listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 190 lb (86 kg).


In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in ]. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.<ref name=TheACC />
He played high school basketball at Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina and was named all-state, all-conference while leading his team to three conference titles and three state playoff appearances.


Curry married his college sweetheart Sonya in 1988. They have three children, ], ], and Sydel. Stephen is the starting point guard for the ] and was drafted into the league by the franchise on Dell's 45th birthday in ]. With Golden State, Stephen has won four NBA championships, alongside two ] and one ] in ]. Stephen is married to ], with whom he has four children. ] currently plays for the ]. He is married to Callie Rivers, sister of former NBA player ] and daughter of former NBA player and ] head coach ], and together they have three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23980041|title=Sources: Blazers, Seth Curry agree on contract|date=2018-07-03|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> Curry's daughter Sydel played volleyball at ] and is married to ] player ], whom she has a son and daughter with.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elonphoenix.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4358|title=Sydel Curry - Women's Volleyball|website=Elon University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> She was featured on '']'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch: Ayesha Curry help sister-in-law Sydel Curry find her perfect 'sexy' wedding dress |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/29/watch-ayesha-curry-help-sister-in-law-sydel-curry-find-her-perfect-sexy-wedding-dress/ |website=The Mercury News |access-date=1 October 2020 |date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
Curry played college basketball for the ] of ]. There, he was twice named ] ] and set the all-time scoring record for both Davidson and the Southern Conference. In ], he set a single season NCAA record for three-pointers made.


On August 23, 2021, Curry and his wife, Sonya, announced that they were divorcing after 33 years of marriage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizoguchi |first1=Karen |last2=Leonard |first2=Elizabeth |title=Stephen Curry's Parents Sonya and Dell Curry to Divorce After 33 Years of Marriage |url=https://people.com/sports/sonya-curry-dell-curry-to-divorce-after-33-years-of-marriage/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=PEOPLE.com |date=23 August 2021}}</ref> He remarried around 2023.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Fowler|title=Exclusive: Dell Curry on Hornets, remarriage and the time Steph nearly quit basketball|date=October 18, 2023|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/sports-legends/article277891673.html|access-date=May 17, 2024|quote=SF: And y’all have been married how long? DC: Almost a year.}}</ref>
Curry was drafted 7th overall in the ] by the ]. In the {{nbay|2014|app=season}}, Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in a regular season with 286, was named ]. The Warriors won the NBA Finals the same season.


===Seth Curry=== ==See also==
* ]
{{Main|Seth Curry}}

Seth Curry, Dell's youngest son, was born in 1990.
Curry also played basketball for Charlotte Christian School where he earned all-conference, all-state, and first team CSAA All-American accolades. He then attended Liberty University before transferring to ].

Curry currently plays for the ].

===Sydel Curry===
Sydel Curry, Dell's only daughter, was born in 1994.

Sydel was a four year starter and three year captain volleyball player at Charlotte Christian School (the same school Stephen and Seth went to). She is a sophomore at Elon University where she plays on the women's volleyball team.

==The Dell Curry Foundation==
In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the '''Dell Curry Foundation''', which is a youth oriented program in ]. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.<ref name=TheACC />


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American basketball player (born 1964)

Dell Curry
Curry in 2016
Personal information
Born (1964-06-25) June 25, 1964 (age 60)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolFort Defiance (Fort Defiance, Virginia)
CollegeVirginia Tech (1982–1986)
NBA draft1986: 1st round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career1986–2002
PositionShooting guard
Number30
Career history
1986–1987Utah Jazz
1987–1988Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1998Charlotte Hornets
1999Milwaukee Bucks
1999–2002Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points12,670 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds2,617 (2.4 rpg)
Assists1,909 (1.8 apg)
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Wardell Stephen Curry Sr. (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929). Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts. He is the father of NBA players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry.

Early life

Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. Curry also played baseball, and won state championships in both sports; he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.

College career

Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The Hokies appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1983 and 1984, finishing third in the latter. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 1985 and 1986, it lost in the first round on both occasions. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the Metro Conference. Prior to the 1986–87 season, NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line; Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career. (In the early and mid 1980s, the three-point line was introduced in many conferences at varying distances, but it was not recognized by the NCAA.)

Curry also played baseball for Virginia Tech. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB draft but opted to continue playing basketball.

Curry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6–1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.

He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, his first year of eligibility.

Professional career

Curry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 season. He was left unprotected by Cleveland for the 1988 NBA expansion draft and was the second player selected, the first by the Charlotte Hornets. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense with three-point shooting. He was a regular in the discussions for Sixth Man of the Year and won the honor in the 1993–94 season. He was once the franchise's all-time statistical leader in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. When he left the team in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.

Curry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points.

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
1986–87 Utah 67 0 9.5 .426 .283 .789 1.2 .9 .4 .1 4.9
1987–88 Cleveland 79 8 19.0 .458 .346 .782 2.1 1.9 1.2 .3 10.0
1988–89 Charlotte 48 0 16.9 .491 .345 .870 2.2 1.0 .9 .1 11.9
1989–90 Charlotte 67 13 27.8 .466 .354 .923 2.5 2.4 1.5 .4 16.0
1990–91 Charlotte 76 14 19.9 .471 .372 .842 2.6 2.2 1.0 .3 10.6
1991–92 Charlotte 77 0 26.2 .486 .404 .836 3.4 2.3 1.2 .3 15.7
1992–93 Charlotte 80 0 26.2 .452 .401 .866 3.6 2.3 1.1 .3 15.3
1993–94 Charlotte 82 0 26.5 .455 .402 .873 3.2 2.7 1.2 .3 16.3
1994–95 Charlotte 69 0 24.9 .441 .427 .856 3.4 1.6 .8 .3 13.6
1995–96 Charlotte 82 29 28.9 .453 .404 .854 3.2 2.1 1.3 .3 14.5
1996–97 Charlotte 68 20 30.6 .459 .426 .803 3.1 1.7 .9 .2 14.8
1997–98 Charlotte 52 1 18.7 .447 .421 .788 1.9 1.3 .6 .1 9.4
1998–99 Milwaukee 42 0 20.6 .485 .476* .824 2.0 1.1 .9 .1 10.1
1999–00 Toronto 67 9 16.3 .427 .393 .750 1.5 1.3 .5 .1 7.6
2000–01 Toronto 71 1 13.5 .424 .428 .843 1.2 1.1 .4 .1 6.0
2001–02 Toronto 56 4 15.8 .406 .344 .892 1.4 1.1 .4 .1 6.4
Career 1,083 99 21.7 .457 .402 .843 2.4 1.8 .9 .2 11.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987 Utah 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 — .0 .0 .0 .0 0.0
1988 Cleveland 2 0 8.5 .250 .000 — .5 1.0 .0 .5 1.0
1993 Charlotte 9 0 24.7 .433 .286 .818 3.6 2.0 1.4 .0 11.0
1995 Charlotte 4 0 26.8 .471 .429 .909 2.3 1.5 .0 .0 12.8
1997 Charlotte 3 1 16.7 .294 .250 1.000 .3 1.7 1.3 .0 4.7
1998 Charlotte 9 0 19.0 .593 .250 .857 2.1 1.1 .8 .3 5.8
1999 Milwaukee 3 0 16.3 .404 .125 1.000 1.3 .3 1.0 .0 3.0
2000 Toronto 3 0 10.0 .133 .667 .500 .7 .3 .7 .0 2.3
2001 Toronto 12 0 15.2 .500 .378 .833 1.2 .8 .5 .1 6.5
2002 Toronto 4 0 14.8 .422 .800 1.000 1.3 1.0 1.3 .5 7.0
Career 51 1 17.5 .400 .350 .870 1.7 1.1 .8 .1 6.7

Post-playing career

In 2004, Curry was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.

In 2009, Curry started working as a commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).

In 2016, Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend.

Personal life

On June 21, 1991, Curry and Charlotte Hornets teammate Muggsy Bogues appeared in a Minor League Baseball game for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. Curry allowed only one run and struck out four batters in a three inning start.

In 1995, Dell and his wife, Sonya (née Adams), founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in Huntersville, North Carolina.

In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.

Curry married his college sweetheart Sonya in 1988. They have three children, Stephen, Seth, and Sydel. Stephen is the starting point guard for the Golden State Warriors and was drafted into the league by the franchise on Dell's 45th birthday in 2009. With Golden State, Stephen has won four NBA championships, alongside two NBA MVP Awards and one NBA Finals MVP in 2022. Stephen is married to Ayesha Curry, with whom he has four children. Seth currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets. He is married to Callie Rivers, sister of former NBA player Austin Rivers and daughter of former NBA player and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, and together they have three children. Curry's daughter Sydel played volleyball at Elon University and is married to Phoenix Suns player Damion Lee, whom she has a son and daughter with. She was featured on Say Yes to the Dress in 2018.

On August 23, 2021, Curry and his wife, Sonya, announced that they were divorcing after 33 years of marriage. He remarried around 2023.

See also

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