Kristy Lynn Curry née Sims (born in
Olla, LouisianaOlla is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,417 at the 2000 census.-History:Olla was named after Miss Olla Mills, but for many years was known simply as White Sulphur Springs. The site served as a steam boat port on the nearby Castor River and between 1871 and...
) is the head coach of
Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public, coeducational, research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System...
's women's
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
team, the
Lady RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 17 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
. She took the job in 2006, following the retirement of
Marsha SharpMarsha Sharp is the former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team, the Lady Raiders. She retired after twenty-three years at the conclusion of the 2005–2006 season....
.
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Kristy Lynn Curry née Sims (born in
Olla, LouisianaOlla is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,417 at the 2000 census.-History:Olla was named after Miss Olla Mills, but for many years was known simply as White Sulphur Springs. The site served as a steam boat port on the nearby Castor River and between 1871 and...
) is the head coach of
Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public, coeducational, research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System...
's women's
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
team, the
Lady RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 17 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
. She took the job in 2006, following the retirement of
Marsha SharpMarsha Sharp is the former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team, the Lady Raiders. She retired after twenty-three years at the conclusion of the 2005–2006 season....
.
Coaching career
Curry graduated from
Northeast Louisiana UniversityThe University of Louisiana at Monroe, or ULM, is a coeducational public university located in Monroe, Louisiana, USA, and is a part of the University of Louisiana System....
in 1988. Her career started with coaching jobs at Weston and Mansfield High Schools in her home state of
LouisianaThe State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. She held several college assistant coaching jobs, including
TulaneGreen Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920...
,
Texas A&MThe Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I women's basketball. The team is coached by Gary Blair...
, and
Louisiana TechLouisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10,950 students in the 08-09 year. Louisiana Tech was first instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, then as Louisiana Polytechnic...
. Immediately prior to taking her position with the Lady Raiders on March 30, 2006, she was the head coach of
Purdue'sBoilermakers is the official moniker for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. As is common with athletic nicknames, it is also used as colloquial designation of Purdue's students and alumni at large....
women's basketball team.
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