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{{Short description|American football player (born 1942)}}
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{{Other people|William Curry}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name           = Bill Curry
| image          = Curry-Bill-1970.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = 
| number         = 50, 55
| position       = [[Center (gridiron football)|Center]], [[linebacker]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1942|10|21}}
| birth_place    = [[College Park, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 3
| weight_lbs     = 235
| high_school    = [[College Park High School (Georgia)|College Park]]
| college        = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (1961–1964)
| draftyear      = 1964
| draftround     = 20
| draftpick      = 279
| afldraftyear   = 1964
| afldraftround  = 23
| afldraftpick   = 183
| pastteams      =
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1965|1966}})
* [[History of the Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]] ({{NFL Year|1967|1972}})
* [[History of the Houston Oilers|Houston Oilers]] ({{NFL Year|1973}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1974}})
| pastcoaching   =
* [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (1976)<br/>Offensive line coach
* Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1977|1979}})<br/>Offensive line coach
* Georgia Tech (1980–1986)<br/>Head coach
* [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (1987–1989)<br/>Head coach
* [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]] (1990–1996)<br/>Head coach
* [[Georgia State Panthers|Georgia State]] (2010–2012)<br/>Head coach
| highlights     = ; As a player
* 2× [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl I|I]], [[Super Bowl V|V]])
* 3× [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1965 NFL Championship Game|1965]], [[1966 NFL Championship Game|1966]], [[1968 NFL Championship Game|1968]])
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1969 All-Pro Team|1969]])
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1972 Pro Bowl|1971]], [[1973 Pro Bowl|1972]])
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1964 College Football All-America Team|1964]])
; As a coach
* [[Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award]] (1989)
* [[Amos Alonzo Stagg Award]] (2007)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference football honors#Coach of the Year|ACC Coach of the Year]] (1985)
* 2× [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year|SEC Coach of the Year]] (1987, 1989)
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|93|128|4|record=y}}
| playoff_record = {{Winning percentage|2|3|record=y}}
| statlabel1     = Games played
| statvalue1     = 123
| statlabel2     = Games started
| statvalue2     = 86
| statlabel3     = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3     = 4
| pfr            = C/CurrBi00 
}}
'''William Alexander Curry''' (born October 21, 1942) is an American former [[American football|football]] player and coach. He played professionally as a [[center (gridiron football)|center]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He later became a [[college football]] head coach.

He played college ball for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] (1962–1964) and then played in the NFL for ten seasons with four teams: the [[Green Bay Packers]] (1965–1966), the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] (1967–1972), the [[Houston Oilers]] (1973), and the [[Los Angeles Rams]] (1974).

After his playing career, Curry was the [[head coach]] at [[Georgia State University]], which began competing in college football in 2010. Previously, Curry served as the head football coach at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (1980–1986), the [[University of Alabama]] (1987–1989), and the [[University of Kentucky]] (1990–1996). Between coaching jobs at Kentucky and Georgia State, Curry was a football analyst for [[ESPN]].

==Early life and playing career==
Curry was born in [[College Park, Georgia]]. A 1965 graduate from the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] with a degree in industrial management, Curry starred at [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football]] team from 1962 to 1964 under legendary coach [[Bobby Dodd]].

He was selected as a future draft choice by the [[Green Bay Packers]] in the final round (twentieth) of the [[1964 NFL draft]]. As a rookie, he was an NFL Champion for the 1965 Green Bay Packers. In his second year, he was the starting center for Green Bay in their 35-10 [[Super Bowl I]] victory at the [[Los Angeles Coliseum]].

Curry was selected by the [[New Orleans Saints]] in the [[1967 NFL expansion draft]] on February 9 after he was left unprotected by Vince Lombardi who chose to keep [[Ken Bowman]] as the Packers' new starting center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19681010&id=K3dQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7283,1903866&hl=en |title=Christopulos, Mike. "Bowman Preaches Gospel; Minister Without Portfolio," ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', Thursday, October 10, 1968. |access-date=February 26, 2016 |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312083245/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19681010&id=K3dQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7283,1903866&hl=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> Curry never saw action for the Saints who traded him one month later on March 6 to the Baltimore Colts along with three draft picks, one of which was that year's first overall selection ([[Bubba Smith]]), in exchange for [[Gary Cuozzo]], [[Butch Allison]] and a 1967 seventeenth rounder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1967.htm|title=1967 NFL/AFL Common Draft Pick Transactions|website=prosportstransactions.com}}</ref> The request to include Curry in the transaction was made by Colts head coach [[Don Shula]] who admired his special teams versatility.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19891210&id=jjQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2055,5198434&hl=en Hurt, Cecil. "On New Orleans visit, Bill Curry recalls his short Sainthood," ''The Tuscaloosa'' (AL) ''News'', Tuesday, December 12, 1989.]</ref> Through his tremendous work ethic and tenacity, Curry slowly developed into a first rate NFL center. He was the Colts' starting center during their NFL Championship season of 1968, and was viewed as a reliable force on the offensive line, and a team leader as well.

Like most of his Colts teammates, he remains bewildered by their stunning 16–7 loss in [[Super Bowl III]] at the hands of Joe Namath and the New York Jets in Miami's Orange Bowl. The Colts had finished the 1968 season with a record of 13–1 and avenged their only loss that year with a 34–0 devastation of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship contest. They were heavy favorites to defeat the upstart Jets of the upstart AFL when disaster struck: after carrying the play to New York for most of the first quarter, due to an interception in the Jets' end zone, and two missed field goals, Baltimore had nothing to show for it. Trailing 7–0 late in the first half, and feeling the pressure, the Colts attempted a flea-flicker to help reverse their fortunes. However, after having caught the Jets' defense completely unaware, QB Earl Morrall failed to spot WR Jimmy Orr wide open near the end zone, and instead threw a wobbly pass underneath that was intercepted. In retrospect, this was Baltimore's one last golden opportunity to get back into the game. It was particularly dispiriting for Curry, who, having no one to block due to the Jets biting hard on the initial hand-off, had a perfect view of Orr and was sure the play would result in a touchdown. "I looked up, and saw Jimmy open, I don't know what (could've) happened."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Maule|first=Tex|title=Say It's So, Joe|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1969/01/20/542591/say-its-so-joe|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=Time Inc.|date=January 20, 1969|access-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref> he said. To add insult to injury, following the loss, Curry and his teammates were subjected to unusually harsh criticisms, including unsubstantiated claims that they had somehow thrown the game.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

The Colts did go on to win [[Super Bowl V]] and the tightly knit, veteran team made a valiant defense of that title, which ended, along with the (owner) [[Carroll Rosenbloom]] era, with a loss to Don Shula's Dolphins at the Orange Bowl in the 1971 AFC title game.

After ownership of the Colts was transferred to Bob Irsay the team's championship spirit, which was emblematic of the franchise under Rosenbloom's reign, was dissolved by newly installed GM Joe Thomas. Curry's close confidant, and Colts legend, John Unitas was unceremoniously benched in 1972, and many of those responsible for the franchise's success in years past were shipped out of Baltimore—Curry among them. He was dealt from the Colts to the [[History of the Houston Oilers|Houston Oilers]] for [[Tom Regner]] and a [[1973 NFL draft|1973]] third-round selection (61st overall&ndash;[[Bill Olds]]) on January 29, 1973.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/30/archives/jets-get-2-saints-to-help-defense-2-saint-regulars-are-sent-to-jets.html Wallace, William N. "Jets Get 2 Saints To Help Defense," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, January 30, 1973.] Retrieved November 1, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1973.htm 1973 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, January 30 (Rounds 1&ndash;7) & 31 (Rounds 8&ndash;17) &ndash; Pro Sports Transactions.] Retrieved November 1, 2020</ref> He learned that he was traded via a collect call from Thomas at the Pro Bowl in Dallas.

During a brief stint with the flagging Houston Oilers in 1973, Curry suffered a catastrophic leg injury when he was hit in the back of the leg by Rams' great, Merlin Olsen. Though he did not retire until August 1975, the injury essentially ended his playing career.

Curry's NFL career is also notable for his efforts in leadership positions (including a stint as president) at the [[National Football League Players Association|NFLPA]]. Though their fledgling efforts at self-assertion were largely unsuccessful, it can be argued that men like Curry and Colts teammate [[John Mackey (American football)|John Mackey]] laid the groundwork for the vastly improved wages and working conditions that exist for NFL players today. Both were among the fifteen [[plaintiff]]s in ''Mackey v. National Football League'' in which Judge [[Earl R. Larson]] declared that the [[Pete Rozelle|Rozelle rule]] was a violation of [[United States antitrust law|antitrust law]]s on December 30, 1975.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/31/archives/rozelle-rule-found-in-antitrust-violation-rozelle-rule-judged-in.html Wallace, William N. "Rozelle Rule Found In Antitrust Violation," ''The New York Times'', Wednesday, December 31, 1975.] Retrieved December 12, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/407/1000/2281018/ ''Mackey v. National Football League, 407 F. Supp. 1000 (D. Minn. 1975)'' &ndash; Justia.com.] Retrieved December 12, 2023.</ref>

==Coaching career==
[[File:Bill Curry 2013.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Bill Curry in 2013.]]
Prior to his first head coaching assignment, Curry served as an assistant at Georgia Tech in 1976 and then for three seasons in the NFL (1977–1979) as Offensive Line Coach with the [[Green Bay Packers]].

Curry returned to Georgia Tech in 1980 as head football coach to replace [[Pepper Rodgers]]. While it has been reported that one of Curry's first head coaching decision was to dismiss the [[quarterback]]s coach, [[Steve Spurrier]]. Supposedly, Spurrier held a grudge for it.
<ref>https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-football/article44129046.html</ref>

Curry led his team to a 9–2–1 record in 1985 and a win in the [[All-American Bowl]]. For his efforts, he was named the [[Atlantic Coast Conference football honors#Coach of the Year|ACC Coach of the Year]] in 1985 by the [[Associated Press]] and the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] media. Curry posted a 34–43–4 record over seven years at his alma mater, including winning seasons in 1982 (6–5), 1984 (6–4–1), and 1985 (9–2–1) and won the All-American Bowl.

Curry then accepted a job as head coach at the [[University of Alabama]]. There he posted a record of 26–10, won a share of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) title in 1989 and made bowl appearances every year of his three-year tenure. In September 1988, he refused to fly his [[1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama team]] to play [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]] because of fears that [[Hurricane Gilbert]] would harm his players. The hurricane never reached Texas A&M at [[College Station, Texas]] that saw Curry subject to ridicule and criticism from A&M coach [[Jackie Sherrill]] that he was doing it to try and dodge the team with their quarterback being hurt with a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2023/10/the-hurricane-bowl-alabama-texas-am-in-1988-featured-3-month-delay-2-coaches-under-fire-1-epic-derrick-thomas-performance.html%3foutputType=amp | title=The Hurricane Bowl: Alabama-Texas A&M in 1988 featured 3-month delay, 2 coaches under fire, 1 epic Derrick Thomas performance | work=al | date=October 6, 2023 }}</ref> The game was rescheduled for December 1, when Alabama routed A&M, 30–10. Curry also suspended Alabama quarterback Jeff Dunn for breaking team rules prior to the [[1988 Sun Bowl]] against [[Army Black Knights football|Army]].

After posting a 10–1 regular season record (the only blemish being a third loss in a row to Auburn), Curry's [[1989 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1989 Crimson Tide squad]] shared the SEC title with [[1989 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] and [[1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]—Alabama's first SEC title since 1981—and earned the berth in the [[1990 Sugar Bowl]], where they lost to the [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes]], 33–25.<ref name="2006 University of Alabama Football Media Guide">{{cite web | url=http://www.rolltide.com/fls/8000/files/football/2006/mediaguide/125-208.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=8000 | title=2006 Alabama Football Media Guide, Published by Ebsco Industries, Birmingham, AL, Page 200 | format=PDF | access-date=December 3, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715201451/http://www.rolltide.com/fls/8000/files/football/2006/mediaguide/125-208.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=8000 | archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>  Curry was honored in 1989 as the [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year|SEC Coach of the Year]] and received the [[Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award]].

Curry's three-year record of 26–10 gave him the highest winning percentage among Alabama coaches to that point since the retirement of [[Bear Bryant]].<ref name="SI.com">{{cite web | url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2003/05/01/alabama_coaches/ | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030622114907/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2003/05/01/alabama_coaches/ | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 22, 2003 | title=SI.com, Copyright © 2003 CNN/Sports Illustrated. | access-date=December 10, 2006}}</ref>  However, Curry had an 0–3 record against Auburn. Indeed, he would never beat the Tigers in 12 tries during his career. Perhaps his best-remembered on-field act with Alabama came during the 1990 Sugar Bowl, when he castigated receiver Prince Wimbley for celebrating a first down against Miami with a dance. Curry called Wimbley to the sideline, grabbed him by the jersey, and lectured him. As [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game cameras showed, Wimbley turned away and Curry grabbed his face mask and brought him into eye-to-eye contact.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyTm8buN2Kk | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> During Curry's time in Tuscaloosa, he was subject to intense scrutiny from the fanbase, famously having an Alabama fan throw a brick through his office window following a 1988 loss to Ole Miss.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Creg |date=2018-09-13 |title=Did someone really throw a brick through Bill Curry's office window in 1988? The short answer is 'yes' |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2018/09/the_true_story_of_the_brick_th.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=al |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-17 |title=Curry comes back to the Capstone |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/16887/curry-comes-back-to-the-capstone |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

In early 1990, Alabama tendered Curry a new contract which contained provisions he disliked, including no raise and removal of his power to hire and fire assistants.<ref name="The Uncivil War: Alabama vs. Auburn 1981-1994">{{cite web | url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=uncivil%20war&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&PID=18858&SEQ=20061211131425&SID=2 | title=The Uncivil War: Alabama vs. Auburn 1981–1994, Published by Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, Chapter 8| format=NA | access-date=December 3, 2006}}</ref> Curry was particularly upset by this since he had led the Tide to a share of its first SEC title and its first major-bowl appearance since the Bryant era. He responded by accepting an offer to become the head coach at the University of Kentucky.

In 1993, Curry's [[1993 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Wildcat squad]] posted a 6–5 regular season record and earned a spot in the [[1993 Peach Bowl (December)|Peach Bowl]], Kentucky's first bowl game in nine years. The Wildcats lost that game to [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]], 14–13. As it turned out, this would be his only non-losing record in seven seasons in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. His 1994 team only went 1–10, still the worst in modern Wildcat football history. Curry was asked to step down after the [[1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1996 season]] and was succeeded by [[Hal Mumme]].

Curry joined ESPN in 1997 as a college football game analyst. His primary assignment was the [[ESPN2]] College Football Saturday Night telecast, along with selected bowl games. After 10 years away from the sideline, Curry was chosen as [[Georgia State University]]'s first head football coach in 2008, and retired after three seasons.

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I-A independent]]
 | startyear = 1980
 | endyear   = 1982
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 | year         = [[1982 NCAA Division I-A football season|1982]]
 | name         = [[1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
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 | name      = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]]
 | conf      = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear = 1983
 | endyear   = 1986
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 | championship =
 | year         = [[1983 NCAA Division I-A football season|1983]]
 | name         = [[1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 3–8
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 | confstanding = 3rd
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 | championship =
 | year         = [[1984 NCAA Division I-A football season|1984]]
 | name         = [[1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 6–4–1
 | conference   = 2–2–1
 | confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1985 NCAA Division I-A football season|1985]]
 | name         = [[1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 9–2–1
 | conference   = 5–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[1985 All-American Bowl|All-American]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 18
 | ranking2     = 19
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1986 NCAA Division I-A football season|1986]]
 | name         = [[1986 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
 | overall      = 5–5–1
 | conference   = 3–3
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Georgia Tech
 | overall    = 31–43–4
 | confrecord = 13–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1987
 | endyear   = 1989
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1987 NCAA Division I-A football season|1987]]
 | name         = [[1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 4–2
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = [[1988 Hall of Fame Bowl|Hall of Fame]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1988 NCAA Division I-A football season|1988]]
 | name         = [[1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 9–3
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     = [[1988 Sun Bowl|Sun]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 17
 | ranking2     = 17
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1989 NCAA Division I-A football season|1989]]
 | name         = [[1989 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 10–2
 | conference   = 6–1
 | confstanding = T–1st 
 | bowlname     = [[1990 Sugar Bowl|Sugar]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 7
 | ranking2     = 9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Alabama
 | overall    = 26–10
 | confrecord = 14–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]]
 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1990
 | endyear   = 1996
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1990 NCAA Division I-A football season|1990]]
 | name         = [[1990 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–4
 | confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1991 NCAA Division I-A football season|1991]]
 | name         = [[1991 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 0–7
 | confstanding = 10th
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 | bcsbowl      =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]
 | name         = [[1992 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = 5th <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1993 NCAA Division I-A football season|1993]]
 | name         = [[1993 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 6–6
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[1993 Peach Bowl (December)|Peach]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]]
 | name         = [[1994 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 1–10
 | conference   = 0–8
 | confstanding = 6th <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]]
 | name         = [[1995 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = 5th <small>(Eastern)</small>
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 | bcsbowl      =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]]
 | name         = [[1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–5
 | confstanding = 4th <small>(Eastern)</small>
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Kentucky
 | overall    = 26–52
 | confrecord = 14–40
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State Panthers]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|NCAA Division I FCS independent]]
 | startyear = 2010
 | endyear   = 2011
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2010]]
 | name         = [[2010 Georgia State Panthers football team|Georgia State]]
 | overall      = 6–5
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2011]]
 | name         = [[2011 Georgia State Panthers football team|Georgia State]]
 | overall      = 3–8
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State Panthers]]
 | conf      = [[Colonial Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 2012
 | endyear   = 2012
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2012]]
 | name         = [[2012 Georgia State Panthers football team|Georgia State]]
 | overall      = 1–10
 | conference   = 1–7
 | confstanding = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Georgia State
 | overall    = 10–23
 | confrecord = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
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 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = two
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==Personal life==
Curry is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mercer |first1=Kevin |title=Two-time Super Bowl champion, former college football coach Bill Curry eternally grateful for God's love and mercy |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/football/2018/08/31/2-time-super-bowl-champion-bill-curry-eternally-grateful-for-gods-love-and-mercy/ |website=Sports Spectrum |date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> Curry is married to his grade school sweetheart Carolyn Curry. They have two children and seven grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHY |url=http://billcurry.net/biography |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

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