High school career

Curry grew up in Grottoes, Virginia, and attended Fort Defiance High School as a youth. There, his high school basketball coach let him use his barn to shoot, and Curry spent hours each day working on his technique. During his time there, Curry won state championships in both basketball and baseball. He finished as the school’s all-time leading scorer, and was named to the 1982 McDonald's High School All-American team. Curry was drafted out of high school by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 MLB draft.

College career

Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The team appeared in the 1983 and 1984 NIT tournaments, finishing third in 1984. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 1985 and 1986, it lost in the first round on both occasions. In 1986, Curry was named the Metro Conference Player of the Year. NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line during Curry's collegiate career; his accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career.

Curry also played baseball for Virginia Tech. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft but opted to continue playing basketball.

Curry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6-1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.

NBA career

Curry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987-88 season. He was selected by one of the NBA's two newest teams for the 1988-89 season, the Charlotte Hornets, in the expansion draft after he was made available by the Cavaliers. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense, utilizing three-point shooting. He was a regular in the discussions for Sixth Man of the Year, but didn't actually win the award until the 1993-94 season. He currently ranks among the franchise's all-time statistical leaders in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. Upon departing the franchise in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.

Curry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1986-87	Utah	67	0	9.5	.426	.283	.789	1.2	.9	.4	.1	4.9
1987-88	Cleveland	79	8	19.0	.458	.346	.782	2.1	1.9	1.2	.3	10.0
1988-89	Charlotte	48	0	16.9	.491	.345	.870	2.2	1.0	.9	.1	11.9
1989-90	Charlotte	67	13	27.8	.466	.354	.923	2.5	2.4	1.5	.4	16.0
1990-91	Charlotte	76	14	19.9	.471	.372	.842	2.6	2.2	1.0	.3	10.6
1991-92	Charlotte	77	0	26.2	.486	.404	.836	3.4	2.3	1.2	.3	15.7
1992-93	Charlotte	80	0	26.2	.452	.401	.866	3.6	2.3	1.1	.3	15.3
1993-94	Charlotte	82	0	26.5	.455	.402	.873	3.2	2.7	1.2	.3	16.3
1994-95	Charlotte	69	0	24.9	.441	.427	.856	3.4	1.6	.8	.3	13.6
1995-96	Charlotte	82	29	28.9	.453	.404	.854	3.2	2.1	1.3	.3	14.5
1996-97	Charlotte	68	20	30.6	.459	.426	.803	3.1	1.7	.9	.2	14.8
1997-98	Charlotte	52	1	18.7	.447	.421	.788	1.9	1.3	.6	.1	9.4
1998-99	Milwaukee	42	0	20.6	.485	.476	.824	2.0	1.1	.9	.1	10.1
1999-00	Toronto	67	9	16.3	.427	.393	.750	1.5	1.3	.5	.1	7.6
2000-01	Toronto	71	1	13.5	.424	.428	.843	1.2	1.1	.4	.1	6.0
2001-02	Toronto	56	4	15.8	.406	.344	.892	1.4	1.1	.4	.1	6.4
Career		1,083	99	21.7	.457	.402	.843	2.4	1.8	.9	.2	11.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1987	Utah	2	0	2.0	.000	.000		.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0
1988	Cleveland	2	0	8.5	.250	.000		.5	1.0	.0	.5	1.0
1993	Charlotte	9	0	24.7	.433	.286	.818	3.6	2.0	1.4	.0	11.0
1995	Charlotte	4	0	26.8	.471	.429	.909	2.3	1.5	.0	.0	12.8
1997	Charlotte	3	1	16.7	.294	.250	1.000	.3	1.7	1.3	.0	4.7
1998	Charlotte	9	0	19.0	.593	.250	.857	2.1	1.1	.8	.3	5.8
1999	Milwaukee	3	0	16.3	.404	.125	1.000	1.3	.3	1.0	.0	3.0
2000	Toronto	3	0	10.0	.133	.667	.500	.7	.3	.7	.0	2.3
2001	Toronto	12	0	15.2	.500	.378	.833	1.2	.8	.5	.1	6.5
2002	Toronto	4	0	14.8	.422	.800	1.000	1.3	1.0	1.3	.5	7.0
Career		51	1	17.5	.400	.350	.870	1.7	1.1	.8	.1	6.7

Post-playing career

In 2004, Curry was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.

In 2009, Curry started working as a color commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).

In 2016 Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend.

Personal

Curry lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife Sonya, who played volleyball at Virginia Tech, where they met; the couple have three children. His oldest son, Stephen, plays in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors. In 2014-15, Stephen won the NBA MVP award and led the Warriors to the NBA championship, and in 2015-2016 he led his team to the highest regular season win total in NBA history with 73 wins. Stephen has given his father 2 grandchildren Rylie and Ryan, with his wife Ayesha. His youngest son, Seth, currently plays for the Sacramento Kings, while his daughter, Sydel, plays volleyball at Elon University.

In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]