Chris Curry (baseball)

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Chris Curry
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Little Rock
Conference	Ohio Valley
Record	237–262
Biographical details
Born	(1977-11-17) November 17, 1977 (age 47) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
1997–1998	Meridian C. C.
1999	Mississippi State
1999	Eugene Emeralds
2000–2001	Lansing Lugnuts
2000–2002	Daytona Cubs
2001–2002	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
2002	Iowa Cubs
2003–2005	Norwich Navigators
2006	Gary SouthShore RailCats

Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007	Hendrix (asst.)
2008	Arkansas Tech (asst.)
2009–2010	Arkansas (asst.)
2011–2012	Meridian C. C.
2013–2014	Northwestern State (asst.)
2015–present	Little Rock

Head coaching record
Overall	237–262 (NCAA) 69–44 (NJCAA)
Tournaments	Sun Belt: 2–9 OVC:1–4 NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Miss-Lou Conference Championship (2012) OVC regular season (2024)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2024) Miss-Lou Conference Coach of the Year (2012) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2016)

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.

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
Meridian Eagles (Miss-Lou Conference) (2011–2012)
2011	Meridian	35–22
2012	Meridian	34–22		1st
Meridian Community College:		69–44
Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–2022)
2015	Little Rock	16–33	12–17	T-8th
2016	Little Rock	26–28	17–13	T-3rd	Sun Belt Tournament
2017	Little Rock	21–34	11–18	4th (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2018	Little Rock	28–28	15–14	3rd (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2019	Little Rock	29–28	18–11	2nd (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2020	Little Rock	9–8	0–0	(West)	Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Little Rock	21–30	11–13	T-3rd (West)	Sun Belt Tournament
2022	Little Rock	24–26	11–18	8th
Little Rock:			95–104
Little Rock Trojans (Ohio Valley Conference) (2023–present)
2023	Little Rock	31–23	14–8	2nd	Ohio Valley Tournament
2024	Little Rock	32–24	19–8	1st	Ohio Valley Tournament
Little Rock:		237–262	33–16
Total:		237–262
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

References

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

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Little Rock Trojans bio

v t e Current head baseball coaches of the Ohio Valley Conference
Jason Anderson (Eastern Illinois) P. J. Flanagan (Lindenwood) Chris Curry (Little Rock) Chris Rose # (Morehead State) Sean Lyons (SIU Edwardsville) Andy Sawyers (Southeast Missouri State) Chris Ramirez (Southern Indiana) Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) Ryan Jenkins (UT Martin) Terry Davis (Western Illinois)
# denotes interim head coach

Sun Belt Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1978: Roberts
1979: Maestri
1980: Roberts
1981: Roberts
1982: Roberts
1983: Stanky
1984: Robinson
1985: Murrie & Newman
1986: Cardieri
1987: Newman
1988: Guzzo
1989: Cardieri
1990: McMahon
1991: Alexander
1992: Kittrell
1993: Gilligan
1994: Bethea
1995: Alexander
1996: Kittrell
1997: Robichaux
1998: Kittrell
1999: Kittrell
2000: Rhees
2001: Kittrell
2002: Murrie
2003: Kittrell
2004: Peterson
2005: Robichaux
2006: Pierce
2007: Robichaux
2008: Schexnaider
2009: Finwood
2010: McCormack
2011: Pierce
2012: Raffo
2013: Calvi
2014: Robichaux
2015: Calvi
2016: Curry
2017: Thomas
2018: Gilmore
2019: Harrington
2020: Not awarded
2021: Calvi
2022: Trout
2023: Gilmore
2024: Deggs

Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1962: Hughes
1963: Reagan
1964: Chaney
1965: Chaney
1966: Chaney
1967: Hughes
1968: Earle
1969: Allen
1970: Reagan
1971: Wonderling
1973: Allen
1974: Reagan
1975: Reagan
1976: Stanford
1977: Hamilton
1978: Schollenberger
1979: Reagan
1980: Murrie
1981: Murrie & Stanford
1982: Stanford & Ward
1983: Hamilton & Stanford
1984: Baxter & Hamilton
1985: Hamilton & Reagan
1986: Hamilton & Mays
1987: Stanford & Ward
1988: Mays & Ward
1989: Ward
1990: Peterson
1991: Reagan
1992: McClure
1993: Mays
1994: McClure
1995: Peterson
1996: Mays
1997: Mays
1998: Schmitz
1999: Schmitz
2000: Ward
2001: Schmitz
2002: Hogan
2003: McClure
2004: Parenton
2005: Case
2006: Dunn
2007: McClure
2008: Case
2009: McDonald
2010: Bragga
2011: McClure
2012: Stein
2013: Bragga
2014: Bieser
2015: McGuire
2016: Bieser
2017: Bragga
2018: Bragga
2019: Case
2020: Not awarded
2021: Sawyers
2022: Jarvis
2023: Aoki
2024: Curry