Curry accepts asst. GM role for Davidson hoops

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has accepted a role with his alma mater Davidson College as an assistant basic manager for the basketball programs, university authorities informed ESPN.Curry becomes the very first active player in U.S. significant expert sports to take an administrative task with an NCAA team.In his new role, Curry, who played three

seasons at Davidson (2006-09), will provide assistance to the guys’s and females’s groups based on his college and professional experience.He’ll work with basic supervisor Austin Buntz, a former Under Armour

global sports marketing staff member. Curry first signed with Under Armour in 2013 and released his own Curry Brand as a standalone venture with the business in 2020. He likewise signed a lifetime agreement shoe deal in recent years.Curry, his other half Ayesha Curry and long time Davidson College supporters Don, Matt and Erica Berman will likewise start an eight-figure fund for both the guys and ladies’s programs. Matt Berman, who played soccer for three seasons at Davidson as a member of the 2005 class, will work as another assistant GM. “The Davidson experience is excellent,”Curry said in a declaration launched by the school.”My journey from when I got to Davidson in 2006 to now

demonstrated that I had the opportunity to play basketball at the greatest level, got a great education, an amazing network through the Davidson alumni and continue to wave the Davidson flag. I desire very gifted, high character student athletes to have that same experience.”As a sophomore at Davidson, Curry set the NCAA single-season record for 3-pointers, was named conference player of the year twice and, after his junior year, ended up being the No. 7 total pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Warriors.The future Hall of Famer went on to win two A lot of Belongings Player awards and four championships with the Warriors and remains in his 16th season with the team.Curry went back to Davidson in 2022 to finish his undergraduate degree as a member of the class of 2010.

He was also inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.In a similar relocation, retired NFL quarterback Andrew Luck accepted a general supervisor position at his alma mater Stanford in 2015.