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Kristy Curry, who led Purdue to the 2001 NCAA championship game, was named the seventh head coach of the South Florida Bulls women's basketball program in March 2026. A veteran head coach with 28 seasons of experience, Curry previously spent 13 seasons leading the Alabama women's basketball program, guiding the Crimson Tide to the NCAA Tournament in five of the last six seasons and posting 20-win seasons in each of the last five years. Before Alabama, Curry coached at Purdue (1999-2006) and Texas Tech (2006-2013). She is the only coach in women's basketball history to record 100 or more wins at three different Power 4 schools. Curry has compiled a 554-322 (.632) career record as a head coach with 16 20-win seasons and 21 postseason appearances (14 NCAA, 7 WNIT). She holds two NCAA Elite Eight appearances and four Sweet 16 appearances. A graduate of Northeast Louisiana University (1988), Curry started her coaching career as a high school coach in Louisiana before serving as an assistant coach at Tulane, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M, and Louisiana Tech under Hall of Famer Leon Barmore, helping the Lady Techers to a 92-11 record and two NCAA Final Four appearances.

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