He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).

[2] Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts.

[3] Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily.

Prior to the 1986–87 season, NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line; Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career.

Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense with three-point shooting.

[9] On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.

[11][12] In 1995, Dell and his wife, Sonya (née Adams), founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in Huntersville, North Carolina.

The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.

Stephen is the starting point guard for the Golden State Warriors and was drafted into the league by the franchise on Dell's 45th birthday in 2009.