Joseph Curran (basketball)

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Joseph Curran
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1922-06-28)June 28, 1922 Hornell, New York
Died	January 28, 2012(2012-01-28) (aged 89) Mystic, Connecticut
Playing career
1943–1944	Penn State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1953–1959	Canisius
Head coaching record
Overall	76–66 (.535)

J. Joseph Curran (June 28, 1922 – January 28, 2012) was an American college basketball coach. He coached at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York from 1953 to 1959.

Curran served in the United States Navy during World War II, then attended Canisius, Cornell and Pennsylvania State University after the war - playing basketball at Penn State during the 1943–44 season.

Curran became the coach at Canisius in 1953. He coached for the Golden Griffins for six seasons, leading them to three consecutive NCAA tournaments in 1955, 1956 and 1957. Their 79-77 upset of North Carolina State in four overtimes in 1956 is considered one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history. Curran's all-time record at Canisius was 76-66.

Joseph Curran died on January 28, 2012.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1953–1958)
1953–54	Canisius	9-14	1-3	3rd
1954–55	Canisius	18-7	2-2	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1955–56	Canisius	19-7	4-0	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1956–57	Canisius	22-6	3-1	T-1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1957–58	Canisius	2-19	0-2	T-2nd
Canisius Golden Griffins (Independent) (1958–1959)
1958–59	Canisius	6-13
Canisius:		76–66 (.535)	10–8 (.556)
Total:		76–66 (.535)
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ "Former Canisius coach Joseph Curran passes away". WKBW.com. 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2012.

Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

J. P. Quinlisk (1903–1905)
John Schmitt (1905–1906)
J. P. Quinlisk (1906–1907)
John Mahoney (1907–1909)
Charles McCabe (1909–1911)
No record (1911–1912)
Charles McCabe (1912–1913)
No record (1913–1914)
Charles McCabe (1914–1915)
No record (1915–1916)
Raymond McDonald (1916–1918)
No record (1918–1919)
Edward Miller (1919–1920)
Mike Sweeney (1920–1921)
Luke Urban (1921–1924)
Russell Burt (1924–1925)
Luke Urban (1925–1931)
Russell Burt (1931–1933)
Allie Seelbach (1933–1944)
Art Powell (1944–1946)
Earl Brown (1946–1948)
Joseph Niland (1948–1953)
Joseph Curran (1953–1959)
Bob MacKinnon (1959–1972)
John Morrison (1972–1974)
Johnny McCarthy (1974–1977)
Nick Macarchuk (1977–1987)
Marty Marbach (1987–1992)
John Beilein (1992–1997)
Mike MacDonald (1997–2006)
Tom Parrotta (2006–2012)
Jim Baron (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Curran, J. Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball coach
Date of birth	June 28, 1922
Place of birth	Hornell, New York
Date of death	January 28, 2012
Place of death	Mystic, Connecticut

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