Warriors' Stephen Curry has accepted a role with his alma mater Davidson College as assistant general manager for the basketball programs, university officials told ESPN. Curry becomes the first active player in U.S. major pro sports to take an administrative job with NCAA team.
More info via ESPN:
In his new role, Curry, who played three seasons at Davidson (2006-09), will provide guidance and advice to the male and female athletes through his experiences in college and professionally.
He'll work with general manager Austin Buntz, a former Under Armour global sports marketing team member. Curry first signed with Under Armour in 2013 and launched his own Curry Brand as a standalone venture with the company in 2020, signing a lifetime contract shoe deal in recent years.
Curry, his wife Ayesha Curry and longtime Davidson College supporters Don, Matt and Erica Berman will also start an eight-figure fund for both the men and women's programs. Matt Berman, who played soccer for three seasons at Davidson as a member of the 2005 class, will serve as another assistant GM.
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Assistant **to** the General Manager for Basketball Programs
I hope this is a symbolic/transitional role. Seems otherwise like a lot of work that would interfere with his training/play.
This only means one thing and I don’t think I am prepared to witness that certain thing
We officially got CurGM before LeGM
This is absolutely ridiculous. Steph Curry is an active NBA player with a $50M+ salary and one of the busiest schedules in sports—what the hell is he going to do as an “assistant GM” for Davidson? Scout between games? Negotiate NIL deals on his off days? This is nothing more than a glorified PR stunt, a ceremonial title so Davidson can flex their most famous alum. He’s not running operations, making roster decisions, or doing anything that remotely resembles real administrative work. Just say it’s an honorary role and move on.
> In his new role, Curry, who played three seasons at Davidson (2006-09), will provide guidance and advice to the male and female athletes through his experiences in college and professionally.
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> He’ll work with general manager Austin Buntz, a former Under Armour global sports marketing team member. Curry first signed with Under Armour in 2013 and launched his own Curry Brand as a standalone venture with the company in 2020, signing a lifetime contract shoe deal in recent years.
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> Curry, his wife Ayesha Curry and longtime Davidson College supporters Don, Matt and Erica Berman will also start an eight-figure fund for both the men and women’s programs. Matt Berman, who played soccer for three seasons at Davidson as a member of the 2005 class, will serve as another assistant GM.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44191234/stephen-curry-accepts-assistant-gm-role-davidson-hoops
Is he still gonna play for the Warriors?
Damn the US Economy so bad even a NBA player has to work multiple jobs
Can he suit up or not
Curry can’t even get people to wear under armour
r/overemployed
Shams calling college officials “university officials.”
Man what a good investment by Davidson he was
It’s hard to feed a family on 55 million a year. I feel for Curry.
Look at Curry, so inspirational
Great publicity for Davidson and potentially makes them more attractive to recruits.
Imagine talking to Steph in recruitment meetings.
That’s beautiful and also scary, he’s looking at life beyond basketball…
My guy Curry is getting closer to retirement.
Curry Dray Klay KD Kyrie and Bron could realistically all retire in the same year
He should join the hornets to make this easier on him
Pretty sure this role is just Steph hopping on the phone a couple times a week to talk to a big recruit or current player. Still cool though
You don’t see LeBron James doing something like this…
Does Steph retire after next season? Play out the contract and move on to other things?
It feels like they could have come up with a better job title. Assistant General Manager makes it sound like he’s doing data entry in the payroll system.
So, Davidson refuses to retire curry’s jersey until he graduates. What are the chances after he finishes his nba carreer he plays again in the ncaa? wouldn’t that be something 😂
Interview probably went:
GM: so wha-
I’m stephen curry.
GM: Fair enough. You are hired
They are trying to see if that Curry luck rubs off on other students while he is still potent. Lol
Means he’s officially the GM and $$$ man for NIL. Davidson in the buyers market everyone. 🤑
It would be a lot easier to do that job if he lived in Charlotte. Just saying…
LeGM gonna be mad reading this.
Close to retirement
So, it’s gonna be Curry vs Woj to see who can pay the most money for three star recruits