San Antonio Express-News announces Curry to guest coach for Spurs

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

June 28, 2019 Athletics, UMaine in the News

The San Antonio Express-News reported that University of Maine men’s assistant basketball coach Edniesha Curry is one of two women who will be a guest coach on Blake Ahearn’s staff next week in the 2019 Salt Lake City Summer League. Curry is the lone female assistant coach in Division I men’s basketball. The Spurs made history in 2014 by hiring Becky Hammon as the NBA’s first full-time, paid female assistant. WABI (channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News also reported on Curry guest coaching the San Antonio Spurs. In addition to her college playing and college coaching resume, Curry played professionally with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks and played professionally in Greece, Poland, Israel and Hungary. Four women are currently NBA assistants — Becky Hammon with the Spurs, Jenny Boucek with the Dallas Mavericks, Lindsay Gottlieb with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Kara Lawson with the Boston Celtics.