Augusta Native Curry To Return as Pistons Head Coach
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Augusta native and former Glenn Hills Spartan Michael Curry is coming back as the Detroit Pistons' coach.
Augusta native and former Glenn Hills Spartan Michael Curry is coming back as the Detroit Pistons’ coach.
Published: April 29, 2009
Updated: April 30, 2009
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Augusta native and former Glenn Hills Spartan Michael Curry is coming back as the Detroit Pistons’ coach.
Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars held a news conference Wednesday to wrap up a miserable season and he ended doubt about his plans on the bench.
Curry, who played college basketball at Georgia Southern, was 39-43 in his first year as a head coach and his second season in the coaching profession.
A Pistons team that opened the season with high hopes couldn’t recover from the loss of All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups in a November trade to Denver for Allen Iverson. Iverson’s past-his-prime game and pride proved to be a bad fit in Detroit.
The Pistons plummeted to the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs and were swept in four lopsided games by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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