Bill Curry
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| Positions | Center • Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | October 21, 1942 College Park, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | College Park | ||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech (1961–1964) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1964: 20th round, 279th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1964: 23rd round, 183rd overall pick | ||||||||
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| Postseason | 2–3 (.400) | ||||||||
| Career | 93–128–4 (.422) | ||||||||
William Alexander Curry (born October 21, 1942) is an American former football player and coach. He played professionally as a 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 (1962–1964) and then played in the NFL for ten seasons with four teams: the Green Bay Packers (1965–1966), the 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.