McDaniel College

Kevin Curley is the winningest coach in McDaniel men’s basketball program history, surpassing Alex Ober ’63 with a 76-61 win over Penn State Scranton on Nov. 12, 2024 for his 186^th career victory as head coach.

The 2024-25 season was one of the team’s most successful. The Green Terror made their fourth trip to the ECAC Division III Men’s Basketball Championship and defeated Pitt-Greensburg 72-63 in the opening round for the first postseason win in program history. 

During his 17 seasons at the helm, Curley has led the team to six Centennial Conference Tournament appearances and four ECAC Tournament appearances. He has won two Centennial Conference Coach of the Year awards (2009, 2014) and has coached 18 All-Centennial Conference selections. 

Prior to coaching at McDaniel, Curley spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Bethany (W.Va.) from 1994-98.

A State College, Pa., native, Curley graduated from Penn State in 1994 after playing two seasons at Penn State-Altoona. He earned his master’s degree physical education with a concentration in athletic coaching from West Virginia University in 1996.

Curley’s younger brother Greg is the head men’s basketball coach at Juniata, a position he has held since 2001. Greg is the winningest coach in their program’s history and served as the school’s athletic director for 11 years. 

Curley is married with three children. His wife, Allison, gave birth to the couple’s first children, Caroline and Nathaniel, in February 2007 – just prior to the couple’s arrival in Westminster. The couple welcomed their third child, Gabriel, in December 2010.

Career Highlights

• Most wins in program history (198)
• 2x Centennial Conference Coach of the Year (2009, 2014)
• Six Centennial Conference Tournament appearances
• Four ECAC Tournament appearances
• Led team to first postseason win in program history by defeating Pitt-Greensburg in the opening round of the 2025 ECAC Division III Men’s Basketball Championship
• 18 All-Conference selections (three first team, six second team)

Season-by-Season Coaching Record