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Jack Curran, legendary high school coach, to be laid to rest in Rye

Archbishop Molloy High basketball coach Jack Curran earned

Photo credit: Newsday file | Archbishop Molloy High basketball coach Jack Curran earned his 800th career victory against Half Hollow Hills. (Dec. 19, 2001)

The funeral for legendary high school basketball and baseball coach Jack Curran is taking place Wednesday in his hometown of Rye.

Curran coached both sports at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens for 55 years.

His teams won five city championships in basketball and 17 in baseball.

No other New York City coach has ever won a title in both sports in the same year. Curran did...

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