Bill Currier

William Frank Currier (born January 1, 1955 in Glen Burnie, Maryland) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, New England Patriots, and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of South Carolina and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1977 NFL Draft. Since 1992, he has been Athletic Director at Ben Lippen School in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Bill Currier (baseball)

Willard F. "Bill" Currier is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Fairfield Stags baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. He was previously the head coach at Vermont (its winningest ever) before the university cut the baseball program after the 2009 season.

Playing career

Currier played at Vermont under Jack Leggett from 1979 through 1981. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1981 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He played three seasons in the Phillies organization in Class A.

Coaching career

He returned to Vermont as an assistant coach and completed his degree in 1984. He then assisted Leggett at Western Carolina before earning his first head coaching job at Mitchell College, then a junior college. In 1988, Currier succeeded Mike Stone as head coach at Vermont. Currier would coach the Catamounts for 22 seasons, compiling a 486–470 record prior to the programs end in 2009. He was named America East Coach of the Year three times. He then served the 2010 season at Tennessee before being named head coach in waiting at Fairfield for the 2011 season and being elevated to the top job in 2012.