Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Stephen Curry is a four-time NBA champion, a two-time MVP and the NBA’s all-time leading three-point shooter.
His on-court feats have been thrilling fans of the league for the past 14 seasons, but his stardom came from humble beginnings.
Stephen Curry, #30 of the Golden State Warriors, speaks with Davidson head coach Bob McKillop prior to Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at ORACLE Arena on June 1, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Passed over by the blue-blood college basketball school, Curry attended Davidson College, a small private school outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.
It was at Davidson that Curry burst onto the scene, leading the Wildcats to an improbable Elite Eight berth in 2008. CELTICS' JAYLEN BROWN WANTS TO 'ATTACK THE WEALTH DISPARITY' IN BOSTON AFTER HISTORIC NBA DEAL On the latest episode of "Hot Ones," Curry credited his time at Davidson for his success, saying his career would have gone differently if he had attended a bigger school. "I don’t think so because the brand of basketball that I play now, was predicated on a system that Davidson College, Bob McKillop [Curry’s head coach at Davidson], mastered.