Friday, November 1, 2013

New Alabama State assistant makes debut

MONTGOMERY, Alabama  -- When Alabama State tips off the 2013-14 season against Huntingdon College in an exhibition game tonight at the Acadome, they’ll be a new face on the Hornet bench.

Michael Curry, an assistant on former Troy coach Don Maestri’s staff for seven years, will replace longtime assistant Courtney Stephens.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have coach Curry join our staff,” Hornets coach Lewis Jackson said. “He’s been good for us. He has a lot of contacts and works well with the student-athletes. We’re excited to have him in the program.”

Jackson made the decision to replace Stephens at the end of the 2012-13 season but withheld comment because of his long friendship with the former Hornet player.

“Coach Stephens had been a real blessing for us,” Jackson said. “He’s been with our team since I’ve been here and has done a lot for the program. We just felt it was the right time for a coaching change to get some new blood in here. But he was a great guy who did a lot for the program.”



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