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Date Posted: 13:35:07 06/16/05 Thu
Author: New Britain Herald
Subject: Curran named to Dickenman’s staff
In reply to: Moose 's message, "New Men's Assistant Coach" on 06:21:51 06/16/05 Thu

By MATT STRAUB, Assistant Sports Editor

NEW BRITAIN--The wild finish to Central Connecticut’s men’s basketball season was topped only by what has already been a busy summer season.
With any luck, after stabilizing the roster, coach Howie Dickenman has taken one of the finals steps towards reconstruction of the program’s foundation.

Dickenman announced the hiring of Steve Curran on Wednesday to an assistant coaching position. Curran was at Siena College last year after spending the three previous years competing against the Blue Devils while at Robert Morris as an assistant coach.

"I knew of him originally," Dickenman said. "Rarely do coaches hire people they don’t know...He had a lot to do with (Robert Morris’) success. I’ve watched him on the road. He’s very much involved with a lot of different coaches. He’s thought of as a very aggressive recruiter."

Curran fills one of the two assistant coach vacancies left by the may departures of Phil Martelli Jr., and Anthony Latina, and also brings an always welcome fresh face to the halls behind Detrick Gymnasium.

"He will bring some new ideas, which will be good for him and me," Dickenman said. "I think he’s been in basketball all his life as a player and a coach and has a real passion for the game."

Curran was, as Dickenman pointed out, a part of RMU’s turnaround during which it went from a seven-win team in the NEC to a team that recorded double figures in the win column in league play and marched from seventh to fourth in the league over a three-year span.

Before working his way to Robert Morris, Curran worked at the University of New Hampshire from 1999-2001 and was a recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Merrimack College from 1994 until his move north to New Hampshire.

Curran was a standout player at Merrimack, leading it to a Northeast-10 championship during his senior year in 1992 and two straight NCAA tournament appearances. He was named to the all-conference first team that year, as well as the NABC All-American second team.

While finding the best basketball minds available is always the number one priority, finding a coach who has ties to the area and can help provide that stability is another added bonus.

"He’s a new England person, he’s from the Boston area and he just got a house in Newington," Dickenman said. "So I think he thinks he’s planning on staying around for a while."

There is another spot to fill, but Dickenman is not one to make decisions based on pressure to get things done.

"I’m in no hurry," Dickenman said before indicating it could be another six weeks before the next announcement."I’ve been doing a lot of listening and keeping up with things in the office. It’s been a good spring so far."

There is no real offseason anymore, with the recruiting battles always raging and Dickenman tracking the progress of a handful of players who are in school this summer.

"They are doing well," he said. "They’ve been working in school and hard on their games."

Whether his players are in school for the summer, playing in international competitions like Tristan Blackwood, a member of the Canadian Young National team, or gearing up for what is expected to be a competitive run in the NEC in 2006, Dickenman is always working from the office to keep the program moving in the right direction.

"I’m happy and anxious for next year," he said.

Dickenman is happy, and his program is stable. Steve Curran will have a lot to do with keeping things that way.

Matt Straub can be reached via email at mstraub@newbritainherald.com

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[> Re: New Men's Assistant Coach -- LarryL9797, 14:39:46 06/16/05 Thu

Thats excellent! Who else would Howie be bringing in? maybe somebody young?


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