If being an NBA superstar wasn’t enough, Stephen Curry is now taking on a second job as he has accepted a basketball assistant general manager role with his alma mater Davidson College.
The school announced Monday morning that it will be bringing the Warriors star on to provide guidance to the men’s and women’s hoops programs and assist in NIL funding.
He becomes the first active player in a major American sport to accept an administrative job with an NCAA team.
“The Davidson experience is top notch,” Curry said in a release through the school. “My journey from when I got to Davidson in 2006 to now demonstrated that I had the opportunity to play basketball at the highest level, got a great education, an amazing network through the Davidson alumni and continue to wave the Davidson flag.”
Curry spent three seasons with the Wildcats from 2006-09 and averaged 25.3 points.
He earned All-American honors twice and helped lead Davidson to an Elite Eight appearance, where the Wildcats lost to the eventual National Champion Kansas by just two points.
An eight-figure “Curry-Berman Fund” is being started by Curry and his wife, Ayesha, as well as Don, Matt and Erica Berman.
Matt is a Davidson alum and played three seasons for the men’s soccer team. Like Curry, he will also now serve as an assistant GM.
Davidson also hired Austin Buntz as general manager and assistant athletic director for basketball development. He’s a former member of Under Armour’s global basketball sports marketing team, and has been working with Davidson’s athletic funding department since 2021.
Curry has been signed to Under Armour since 2013 and now holds a lifetime contract. He has his own signature line, Curry Brand, within Under Armour similar to that of Jordan Brand with Nike.
Davidson teams have donned Under Armour and Curry apparel since 2016.
The school, based in Davidson, N.C., is known for its excellent academic reputation with its No. 14 ranking in the country among National Liberal Arts Colleges via the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings.
Now, the goal is to get the Wildcats to compete with the elites of college basketball — especially Duke and North Carolina, which have built college hoops empires in the same state.
In a name, image and likeness landscape where money means everything, a fund upwards of $10 million will give Davidson a massive boost and is likely more than many power conference teams boast.
In his gushing about his Davidson experience, Curry added, “I want very talented, high character student athletes to have that same experience.”
