 In his final game as Kentucky's coach, Curci led the Wildcats to a 21–10 victory over Tennessee on November 21, 1981.Curci later coached in the Arena Football League with the Tampa Bay Storm in 1991, the Cincinnati Rockers in 1992.He led the Storm, quarterbacked by current Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden, to an ArenaBowl V championship and was named Coach of the Year in his only season with Tampa Bay.