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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Curry's .722 winning percentage remains the highest of any 'Bama coach since Bear. He won two SEC coach of the year awards and one SEC title. So where did he go wrong? One, the Georgia Tech alum and coach came from outside the 'Bama "family" and from a school that Bryant publicly despised, no less.
Secondly, he never beat Auburn. His wife received death threats. After a homecoming loss to Ole Miss in 1988, someone threw a brick through his office window.
It also came out in '89 that two-thirds of his players were on academic probation. Despite coming off a 10-2 season, Curry resigned to become coach at fellow SEC school Kentucky, a move many considered a clear step backward. He later blamed a new administration that he said tried to strip him of his authority.
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