Steve Kerr May Not Coach Golden State Warriors Next Season
Steve Kerr may not coach the Golden State Warriors next season, according to NBA reporter Logan Murdock of The Ringer.
Kerr is in the final year of his contract. He is 60 years old.
“But Kerr’s future is still up in the air,” Murdock wrote. “This is the final year of his contract, and as of Wednesday, he has yet to sign a new deal. Though Kerr has publicly been mum about his future, multiple assistant coaches have been operating under the premise that he will not return next season, according to team sources, with some surveying the league to secure jobs next season. Last month, longtime assistant Chris DeMarco left the staff to be the head coach of the WNBA’s New York Liberty.”
The Warriors hired Kerr in 2014 after parting ways with Mark Jackson. Kerr has coached Golden State to four NBA championships and six trips to the NBA Finals.
Kerr and the Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015, 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals and the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals. Stephen Curry has won two MVPs and one Finals MVP under Kerr, while Draymond Green won the 2016-17 Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Kerr won five NBA championships as a player. He won three with the Chicago Bulls in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and two with the San Antonio Spurs in 1999 and 2003.
Kerr is the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-point field goal percentage (45.4%).
The Warriors’ dynasty is over. Curry turns 38 in March and only has one year left on his contract after this season and Jimmy Butler tore his ACL against the Miami Heat and will miss the rest of this season and most of next season. The forward turns 37 in September.
Golden State is currently in eighth place in the Western Conference standings. If the regular season ended today, the Warriors would be in the NBA play-in tournament.
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