Parker Curry - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory

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Parker Curry

Title:
Assistant Coach

Casey Dunn named Parker Curry as the Director of Pitching Development in July of 2023.

Curry joined the UAB coaching staff after spending the 2023 season as the Director of Baseball Operations for Samford. During his tenure at Samford, he oversaw the data collection from Trackman and helped players understand that data and what it represents. He worked primarily with the pitchers with the data, but also spent time using Trackman for offensive purposes as well. In addition to Trackman, he oversaw the PitchCom system and helped a lot with scouting reports for the Bulldogs. He operates in a very similar role for the Blazers.

During his playing career, Curry was a member of the Samford baseball team from 2013 to 2016. Despite contributing more on the mound, he was a two-way player as an infielder each year as well and got his at-bats when he wasn’t pitching. Curry spent time finding success as a starting pitcher, relief pitcher, and closer during his career. Curry was a multi-time winner of the So-Con Pitcher of the Week and a 1^st Team All Southern-Conference starting pitcher his senior season.

After his career at Samford, he signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and was in the organization for the duration of his rookie contract until the fall of 2022. Curry spent his first summer working at their spring training facility going through a derivative of the Driveline program that the Dodgers had transformed more into their own. From 2017-2019, he spent time at all four full-season minor league levels, starting 28 games and appearing in 69 others as a reliever. Curry also pitched in Major League spring training games in both 2018 and 2019, including an appearance in the exhibition Freeway Series against the Los Angeles Angels.

After no minor league baseball in 2020 due to COVID, Curry unfortunately suffered an elbow injury during his last spring outing in 2021 that ultimately led to Tommy John surgery later that season, forcing him out for the 2022 season as well. Now fully healthy and two season coaching under his belt, he is prepared and excited to assist however he is needed to better the program.

Curry met his wife, Megan, during their time at Samford where she was a record-breaking player for the softball program, notching the Southern Conference Player of the Year in 2016. Megan is also the head softball coach at Samford. They welcomed their first child, Lauren, in 2022. Parker is a native of the area and he and his family are thrilled to be in Birmingham.