I suspect that the real reason for Curry's success was Katrina Merriweather---recruiting especially, but also coaching guards. She has been very successful as the head coach of Wright State and should be considered for the Purdue job, in my opinion.
"Katrina Merriweather was named as the seventh head coach in Wright State women's basketball coach on April 19, 2016 and she hasn't stopped running.
The 2016-17 was historic for the WSU women's basketball program as she led the Raiders to 25 wins and a berth in the WNIT, hosting the first round game before taking Michigan to the brink in the round two. Another first came as the Raiders received votes in the national Top 25 for the first-time ever. Named the Horizon League Coach of the Year, Merriweather set the bar higher than ever, and expects to achieve new heights.
Her second season at the helm was much of the same success as the team advanced to the WNIT again. The Raiders finished the season at 23-11, 12-6 as Chelsea Welch was named the Player of the Year and to the league's first
team. Emily Vogelpohl also was honored as she was placed on the All-Defensive Team. Welch later signed a professional contract to play in Portugal.
The 2018-19 season saw Merriweather take the program to new heights with a record of 27-7, 16-2 and the school's first-ever regular-season title. WSU cruised through the Horizon League Tournament and advanced to just its second NCAA Tournament, playing at Texas A&M. Four Wright State women's basketball players and head coach
Katrina Merriweather were honored by the Horizon League. Merriweather was named the Coach of the Year as
Mackenzie Taylor was selected to the first team,
Symone Simmons to the second team,
Angel Baker to the Freshman Team and
Emily Vogelpohl to the All-Defensive Team.
A former assistant at Purdue, UIC and Cincinnati, Merriweather joined the Wright State women's basketball coaching staff as an assistant in September, 2010.
Teaming with then-head coach Mike Bradbury, the Raiders reached new heights in 2010-11 as WSU played in its first Division I post-season tournament with two games in the Women's Basketball Invitational and secured the program's first 20-win in Division I.
An assistant with the Boilermakers from 2003-06, Merriweather served as the program's recruiting coordinator and assisted with scouting along with coaching the guards."
She is currently in second place in the Horizon, tied with perennial power Green Bay.