Steve Kerr has agreed to a two-year contract to stick with Golden State Warriors after teaching the aspect for the previous 12 seasons, in accordance with stories from ESPN and The Athletic.
Kerr, who made $17.5 million this season, will stay the highest-paid coach within the NBA yearly, per the stories. His contract expired this low season.
Kerr, 60, had been assembly for 2 weeks with Warriors controlling proprietor Joe Lacob and common supervisor Mike Dunleavy to find out the contract phrases, per the stories. ESPN reported that cash was secondary to creating the perfect basketball resolution in these conversations.
Since his first season on the helm in 2014-15, Kerr has guided the franchise to 4 NBA titles (2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022). He has a 604-353 (.631) regular-season document and 104-48 Playoffs mark (.684).
Nevertheless, the Warriors missed the Playoffs this season once they misplaced a play-in sport in opposition to the Phoenix Suns. It’s the second time in three seasons that the workforce didn’t make the Playoff discipline. Additionally, the Warriors have been 37-45 to end beneath .500 for simply the second time in Kerr’s tenure.
He understood that the 111-96 loss to the Suns on April 17 might need been his final sport as a coach.
“I nonetheless love teaching, however I get it,” Kerr had instructed reporters. “These jobs all have an expiration date. There’s a run that occurs, and when the run ends, typically it’s time for brand spanking new blood and new concepts.”
Kerr had mentioned if he coaches subsequent season, it will likely be with celebrity guard Stephen Curry and the Warriors.
“That’s a part of the equation,” he mentioned. “I don’t need to stroll away from Steph. I’m undoubtedly not going and training some place else subsequent yr in the NBA. I’d by no means stroll away from Steph. However all these things must be aligned and proper. These are all discussions that might be had.”
Earlier than Kerr coached the Warriors to their first NBA title in 40 years in 2015, he received 5 as a participant with the Chicago Bulls (1996-98) and San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003).
Printed on Could 10, 2026