Curtis Staples, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetCurtis Staples
American basketball player
Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1976
Place of Birth: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Curtis Staples
- Curtis Staples (born July 14, 1976) is a former American basketball player who played from 1994 to 1998 for the University of Virginia.
- He was a sophomore starter on Virginia Group AAA champion Patrick Henry High School in 1992.
- He is best known for holding the all-time NCAA record for career three-point field goals, at 413.
- His record stood for nearly eight years after his career ended until J.
- J.
- Redick of Duke University broke it on February 14, 2006.
- Staples had actually conducted a basketball clinic in Virginia which Redick attended as a pre-teen; Redick's rare shooting ability caught Staples's eye even then.
- Redick told The Roanoke Times, "I was a big Curtis Staples fan."Staples attended the record-breaking game and remarked, "I've always said, like the old saying goes, records are meant to be broken.
- J.J.
- has been a hard worker and deserves everything that he gets.
- I'm glad to see somebody like J.J.
- breaking it.
- He's a very significant player that we will never forget." Staples played eight seasons of professional basketball overseas.
- He is now a basketball head coach for Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia.Staples broke the three point shooting record of Radford University's Doug Day, a native of Blacksburg, Virginia.
- So, the past three record holders are all natives of a small area of Southwest Virginia. The University of Virginia retired Staples' jersey (#5) on November 12, 2006 during halftime of Virginia's first game in its new John Paul Jones Arena.
- Staples ranks ninth on Virginia's career scoring list with 1,757 points.
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