Bill Curry is a former professional football coach and player. A 1965 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in industrial management, Curry starred at center for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team under legendary coach Bobby Dodd. He was selected as a future draft choice by the Green Bay Packers in the final round (twentieth) of the 1964 NFL Draft.

He played football at Georgia Tech and then played for ten seasons in the NFL with four teams: the Green Bay Packers, the Baltimore Colts, the Houston Oilers, and the Los Angeles Rams. Most recently, Curry was the head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010. Before that, Curry served as the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1980–1986), the University of Alabama (1987–1989), and the University of Kentucky (1990–1996). Between coaching jobs at Kentucky and Georgia State, Curry was a football analyst for ESPN. 

Curry joined ESPN in 1997 as a college football game analyst. His primary assignment was the ESPN2 College Football Saturday Night telecast, along with selected bowl games. After 10 years away from the sideline, Curry was chosen as Georgia State University's first head football coach in 2008, and retired after three seasons.