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He chose to accept a scholarship offer from his hometown team, the Boston College Eagles.
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Bill Curley
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Career
He is currently head men"s coach at Emerson College. A 6"9" power forward born in Boston, Massachusetts with a reputation for being a solid outside shooter in spite of his size, Curley led his Duxbury High School Green Dragons basketball team to a Massachusetts State Championship in 1989. He was selected as a McDonald"s All-American in 1990, and was one of the most highly recruited players in the entire country.
He was sought after by schools such as Notre Dame, Duke, Villanova, North Carolina and Connecticut.
There, Curley led a renaissance of the school"s basketball program A four-time team Most Valuable Player, Curley was the team leader on the 1994 squad which advanced to the Elite Eight of the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament.
His college coach, Jim O"Brien called him "..one of the best players ever at Boston College."
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1994 National Basketball Association Draft, Curley played in five National Basketball Association seasons, for five different teams: the Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. His professional career was blighted with injuries, and he missed the entire schedule from 1995-1997, playing a maximum of 53 regular season contests, in his rookie year.
In 2011 he became an assistant at Emerson College in Boston under his Boston College coach Jim O"Brien.
Upon O"Brien"s retirement in 2014, Curley was named interim head coach of the Lions.
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