Edniesha Curry

Edniesha Curry

Portland Trail Blazers
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1979-07-09) July 9, 1979 Los Angeles County, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Listed weight	138 lb (63 kg)
Career information
High school	Palmdale (Palmdale, California)
College	Cal State Northridge (1997–1999) Oregon (2000–2002)
WNBA draft	2002: 3rd round, 41st overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career	2002–2009
Position	Point guard
Number	1, 22
Coaching career	2018–present
Career history
As player:
2003	Phoenix Mercury
2005	Los Angeles Sparks
As coach:
2015–2017	Maine (women's assistant)
2018–2021	Maine (men's assistant)
2021–present	Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)

Edniesha Nicole Curry (born July 9, 1979) is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). She played in the Women's National Basketball Association for the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks.

Early life

Curry attended Palmdale High School in Palmdale, CA. She was a four-sport athlete at Palmdale, lettering three times in basketball, three times in track, two times in tennis, and once in cross country. Curry later attended California State University Northridge. She then transferred to the University of Oregon in 2000. She received a Pacific Conference honorable mention in her first season with their women's basketball team in 2002, in which she averaged 9.8 points per game and accumulated 104 assists throughout the season.

In 2002, Curry was drafted by the WNBA's Charlotte Sting. She spent eight years as a professional athlete, playing for the Sting, the Phoenix Mercury, the Los Angeles Sparks, and teams in Europe and the Middle East.

Playing career

In college, Curry finished her career with Oregon. Curry began playing basketball professionally in 2002, after being drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft by Charlotte Sting. Curry played four seasons in the WNBA. During Curry's European career, she has been an athlete from 2003. She worked as an athlete in Thessaloniki Greece from 2004 to 2005 for Greek All- Star. From 2003 to 2004, she worked in Ra’ananna Israel. In Budapest Hungary, she worked for Fiba Cup Europe from 2005 to 2006. In 2007 and 2008, she worked in Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel and then she worked in Lezno Poland. From 2008 to 2009, she went to Holon, Israel for the Israeli Cup Sem-Finalist. She played on the international tour of Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, Israel, Hungary and Poland as well.

Coaching career

Curry was an international basketball development coach in Israel, China, and Vietnam from 2012 to 2015. In July 2015, she joined the University of Maine's women's basketball team as a player development and assistant coach. At the University of Maine she worked under Coach Richard Barron until May 2017. She left the University of Maine in 2017 to serve in the Assistant Coaches' Program and the Atlanta Classical Academy as their Women's Athletic Program Manager. In 2018, Curry returned as an assistant coach for the University of Maine's men's basketball team.

On August 2, 2021, Curry was hired by the Portland Trail Blazers to work as part of their coaching staff during the 2021–22 NBA season.

Awards

Curry led the California State University Northridge Women's Basketball Team in scoring for three consecutive seasons. At Northridge, Curry was selected as a member of the Big Sky Conference team in 1998 and in 1999. She currently holds the university's record for 3-point baskets made (168).

Personal life

Curry has three brothers, two sisters, and two daughters. Curry's Stepmother was Jenoah Curry. Curry holds a bachelor science degree in sociology from the University of Oregon, and earned an MBA from American InterContinental University in 2006.

See also

• List of female NBA coaches