Steph Curry takes a front-office job

Steph Curry just got a new side hustle. The four-time NBA champion and current Golden State Warriors superstar has accepted an assistant general manager position at his alma mater Davidson College, the school announced this week, making him the first active pro player in a major sport to also take on a collegiate administrative role.

• His duties involve creating a $10+ million fund to support Davidson’s men’s and women’s teams, joining other NBA stars like James Harden who are helping to fuel the NIL arms race.

Speaking of other athletes…Retired players and sports figures are increasingly taking on NCAA administrative roles. Former NFL QB great Andrew Luck in November joined his alma mater Stanford in a “hands-on” general manager position, while former NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski in September retired from ESPN to become the general manager of the basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure.

It’s the college pro-ification era

Over the past couple of years, dozens of college football programs, including Alabama and Clemson, have also hired a general manager to build their team’s rosters, a task previously reserved for the head coach. In many cases, it was the first time the title had ever been used by the school.

GM tasks include: Scouting and evaluating players, searching the open market to attract the best free agents transfers, and managing an increasingly complicated payroll – basically everything Draft Day-Kevin Costner does except fleece opposing teams in trades.

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