By WRBL Staff
The Associated Press
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Bill Curry played for Georgia Tech and coached the football team from 1980 to 1986.The Associated Press
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Stumble It!But now that he's building Georgia State's football program from scratch, Curry is asking everyone for advice, even Georgia coach Mark Richt.
Curry's last season at Georgia Tech was 22 years ago, but he is already mapping out ways for the Panthers to recruit. When he reports next week for his first official day at Georgia State, Curry hopes administrators at the downtown commuter school will approve four hires to the football staff.
Those coaches likely won't be coordinators, but Curry wants the Panthers' plan in place when the NCAA lifts its annual summer "dead zone" in recruiting.
In a 17-year combined career at Georgia Tech, Alabama and Kentucky, Curry never faced this kind of rebuilding job. He has face-to-face meetings planned with other coaches who have built successful programs from the ground up.
He plans to speak again with Alabama-Birmingham's Watson Brown, South Florida's Jim Leavitt and Florida Atlantic's Howard Schnellenberger, who resuscitated football long ago at Miami and later at Louisville.
