Kristy Curry Named New Women’s Basketball Coach at Alabama

The Lubbock-Avalanche Journal has reported that Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Kristy Curry has accepted the same position at the University of Alabama. The report was later confirmed by a release from the University of Alabama.

"I am honored and thrilled to be the next women's basketball coach at the University of Alabama,” said Curry. “The Alabama program has tremendous potential and I am very excited to get the chance to lead the Crimson Tide back to national prominence. I want to thank the Alabama administration for the confidence they have shown in me, and for giving me this opportunity. We leave Texas Tech with heavy hearts. Kelly and I owe our deepest gratitude to so many people in the Red Raider family. We will always be grateful to the Texas Tech fans, the administration, the faculty and, most of all, our players."

Curry has spent the last seven seasons in Lubbock, accumulating a 130-98 record during her tenure at Texas Tech. Her teams have earned two trips to the NCAA tournament, including a first round exit in 2012-2013 season.

Prior to coaching Texas Tech, Curry coached seven seasons at Purdue University. At Purdue she took her team to to the NCAA Championship Game in 2001 and Elite 8 in 2003. She made the tournament in each of the seven seasons at Purdue.

“I am very excited to announce that Kristy Curry will be the next women's basketball coach at the University of Alabama," said UA Director of Athletics Bill Battle. “When we began our search for a head coach, we sought a veteran head coach that had a proven record as a consistent winner. Coach Curry has produced an impressive record at Purdue and Texas Tech. We are thrilled that she has chosen to lead our program, and we are looking forward to welcoming Kristy, her husband Kelly, and their children, Kelsey and Kendall, to Tuscaloosa.”

Wendell Hudson stepped down from his position as the head women’s basketball coach on April 22^nd after going 68-87 in his five seasons at the helm.