Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is the head coach of the

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of the

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(NBA). He is a nine-time

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, having won five titles as a player (three with the

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and two with the

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) as well as four with the Warriors as a

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. Kerr is the only NBA player to win four straight NBA titles after 1969. Kerr has the highest career

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percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. He also held the NBA record for the highest three-point percentage in a season at 52.4% until the record was broken by

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in 2010. He is known as one of the most prolific shooters of all time, and one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. Kerr played

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with the

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. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the

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), and earned All-American honors as a senior in 1988. Selected by the

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in the second round of the

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, he played 15 seasons in the NBA. Kerr became a minority owner of the Suns as part of the group led by

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that purchased the team in 2004. In June 2007, Phoenix named Kerr the team's president of basketball operations and general manager, and was one of majority owner Sarver's trusted basketball advisors. Kerr announced he was leaving the position in June 2010, but retained his minority share until 2014. Afterward, Kerr returned as a color commentator for ''

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'' until 2014, when he pursued a career in coaching. In May 2014, Kerr received his first head coaching job with the

. Under his leadership, the franchise entered the most successful period in its history, reaching six

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and winning four championships in

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, and

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. The 2015–16 Warriors won an unprecedented 73 games, breaking the record for the

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, previously held by Kerr's 1995–96 Chicago Bulls. As member of the U.S. national team, Kerr won the

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as a player, and was an assistant coach on the gold medal-winning 2020 Olympic team. He was named the head coach of Team USA for 2023–24.

Early life

Kerr was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to

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, an Lebanese-American academic who specialized in the Middle East, and his wife, Ann (Zwicker). He has three siblings. His grandfather, Stanley Kerr, volunteered with the Near East Relief after the

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and rescued women and orphans in

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and

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before eventually settling in

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. Kerr spent much of his childhood in

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and other Middle Eastern countries. While in Beirut in the summer of 1983, he met a number of US Marines who were later killed in the Beirut barracks bombings. Kerr attended

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, the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, and Palisades High School (now

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) in Los Angeles, graduating in 1983. Malcolm Kerr was killed by members of the Shia Lebanese militia called Islamic Jihad on the morning of January 18, 1984, at the age of 52 while he was serving as president of the

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. He was shot twice in the back of his head, by gunmen using suppressed handguns, in the hallway outside his office. Kerr was 18 years old at the time, and a college freshman; regarding his father's death, he has said: "Before my father was killed, my life was impenetrable. Bad things happened to other people."

College career

Minimally recruited out of high school, Kerr played basketball at the

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from 1983 to 1988. In the summer of 1986, he was named to the U.S. national team that competed in the

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in Spain. It was the last American men's senior squad composed strictly of

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players to capture a gold medal. He blew out his knee in the tournament, forcing him to miss the

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' entire 1986–87 season. During pre-game warmups at arch-rival

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in 1988, Kerr was taunted by Sun Devils fans with chants that included " PLO" and "Where’s your father?" Though tearful, Kerr led the Wildcats to victory, scoring 20 points in the first half, making all six of his three-point attempts. The Arizona State athletic director Charles Harris sent a letter of apology to him a few days later. Along with fellow All-American teammate

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, Kerr helped the Wildcats reach the Final Four of the 1988 NCAA tournament. A two-time first-team All-Pac-10 selection, Kerr also set an NCAA single-season record for 3-point percentage (57.3%, 114–199) in 1987–88. Kerr graduated from the University of Arizona in 1988 with a

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, with emphasis on history, sociology and English.

Professional career

Phoenix Suns (1988–1989)

Kerr was selected by the

in the second round of the

Cleveland Cavaliers (1989–1992)

Kerr was traded to the

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in 1989. He spent over three seasons (1989–1992) there.

Orlando Magic (1992–1993)

Kerr spent part of the 1992–93 season with the

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Chicago Bulls (1993–1998)

In 1993, Kerr signed with the

. The Bulls made the playoffs in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, but without

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's presence for all of 1994 and much of 1995, the team could not advance to the Finals. However, with Jordan back full-time for the 1995–96 season, the Bulls set a then-NBA record of 72–10 and defeated the

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in the

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in six games. In the next season, the Bulls logged a 69–13 record for the regular season, and reached the

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, where they faced the

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. At the end of Game 6, with the score tied at 86, Kerr took a pass from Jordan and hit the winning shot to make the Bulls lead 88–86. The Bulls defeated the Jazz in six games, with

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sealing the victory with a slam dunk with just 0.6 seconds left to make the score 90–86. Kerr also won the

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at the

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. In the last minute of Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals against Utah, Kerr missed a 3-pointer, grabbed his own rebound and made a pass to Jordan who made a crucial three-point play, putting them in the lead for good. The play helped Chicago win the game and tie the series at 1. The Bulls won the series in six games.

San Antonio Spurs (1999–2001)

In January 1999, Kerr was acquired by the

in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, whereby

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and a first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft was sent to Chicago. The Spurs reached 1999 NBA Finals and won their first NBA Championship with a 4–1 series victory over the

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. Kerr became the second player to win four straight NBA titles without being a part of the 1960s

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dynasty, the other being Frank Saul, who won four straight with Rochester and Minneapolis from 1951 to 1954. Kerr and Saul were the only two players in NBA history to have won two championships with two different teams in consecutive seasons, until

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achieved the same feat in 2019 and Danny Green in 2020.

Portland Trail Blazers (2001–2002)

Kerr was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers alongside Derek Anderson on July 24, 2001, in a deal that brought

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to the Spurs. He would remain in Portland for the 2001–02 season, playing in 65 games.

Return to San Antonio (2002–2003)

On August 2, 2002, Kerr was traded back to San Antonio along with

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and a 2003 second-round pick. In return, the Trail Blazers received Charles Smith,

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, and

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. Kerr played in nearly every game (75) the following year, which was his final season in the league. In Game Six of the 2003 Western Conference Finals against the

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, Kerr made four second-half three-pointers that helped eliminate Dallas. The Spurs eventually won the NBA championship by beating the

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in the

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, 4–2.

Retirement

Kerr announced his retirement after the 2003 NBA Finals. During his NBA career, he played 910 regular season games. He retired as the league's all-time leader in single-season three-point shooting percentage (.524 in 1994–95) and career three-point shooting percentage (.454). Kerr won five NBA championships as a player.

Broadcaster and commentator

In 2003, Kerr became a broadcast analyst for

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(TNT), offering commentary alongside analyst

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. During his tenure, he performed a segment sponsored by

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called ''Steve's Refreshing Thoughts'' in which he brought up interesting facts in NBA history. This segment continued through sponsorship and became known as ''Steve Wonders'', sponsored by Sprint. In the same time period, Kerr also contributed to

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as an NBA commentator. He has provided his voice for the in-game commentary of

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s ''

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'' and '' NBA Live 10'' with Albert. He has also provided his voice as a color analyst for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' NBA 2K15''. He remained a commentator in '' NBA 2K15'' despite becoming the

coach for the 2014–15 season several months prior to the game's release. Kerr's commentary also appears during All-Star play in the seventh gen port of ''

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''. Kerr left broadcasting in 2007 to become general manager for the

, but it was confirmed on June 28, 2010, that he would return as an NBA analyst for TNT starting with the

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. Since 2011, Kerr has also called the

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on Turner Sports and

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, teaming up with lead broadcasters

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and

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for the First Four and Final Four games, and with Albert in other rounds. Kerr was a regular contributor to the website ''

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'' from 2011 until it closed in 2015.

Executive career

Phoenix Suns (2004–2010)

On April 15, 2004, Kerr was announced as a member of a potential group of buyers that would acquire his old team, the Phoenix Suns, from

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for $300 million. He became part of Suns management, acting as a consultant. During the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend, he was a member of the San Antonio team that won the Shooting Stars Competition. On June 2, 2007, Kerr announced that he would become the

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of the

beginning with the 2007–2008 season. In 2008, the Suns traded forward

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and guard

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to the Miami Heat in exchange for

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. The Suns were eliminated by the

in five games in the first round of the playoffs. On December 10, 2008, Kerr continued to remake the Suns roster by trading

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, Raja Bell, and

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to the

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in exchange for

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, and the Bobcats' 2010 second-round draft pick, which was used to draft

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. On June 25, 2009, Kerr traded O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, a future second-round draft pick and cash. On May 5, 2010, the Suns wore their "Noche Latina" ''Los Suns'' jerseys in Game 2 against the Spurs to be united against the controversial Arizona immigration law. Kerr himself compared the law to

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. On June 15, 2010, Kerr stepped down as president and general manager of the Suns. He continued to own a one percent share of the Suns' organization until 2014.

Coaching career

Golden State Warriors (2014–present)

On May 14, 2014, Kerr reached an agreement to become the head coach for the

, succeeding Mark Jackson in a five year $25 million deal. Kerr coached in the 2014 Summer League for the Warriors. During the 2014–15 season, the team's offense employed elements of the

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from his playing days in Chicago under

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, the spacing and pace of

Gregg Popovich Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and executive who is the president and head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Taking over as coach of the Spur ...

in San Antonio, and the uptempo principles

Mike D'Antoni Michael D'Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an Italian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is a coaching advisor for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While head coach of the Ph ...

and later

Alvin Gentry Alvin Harris Gentry (born November 5, 1954) is an American professional basketball coach. A former college basketball player, Gentry has led six different NBA teams. He served as an interim head coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1994– ...

used in Phoenix when Kerr was the GM. After the Warriors beat the Houston Rockets to win their 14th consecutive game, Kerr became the first coach to start his career with a 19–2 record. This beat out

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and his 18–2 start with the Syracuse Nationals. On December 10, 2014, Kerr became the first NBA rookie head coach to win 21 of his first 23 games. He was named the head coach of the Western Conference team for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game after Golden State had the best record in the conference. On April 4, the Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 123–110 to clinch

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throughout the playoffs, and Kerr got his 63rd win of the season to become the highest winning rookie head coach in NBA history, passing

Tom Thibodeau Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr. ( ; born January 17, 1958) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national ...

and his 62 wins with the Chicago Bulls in the 2010–11 season. In the

NBA Coach of the Year The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who le ...

voting, Kerr was runner-up to

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. The Warriors ultimately finished with one of the best regular seasons in NBA history, and the greatest in the team's 69-year history. Golden State ended with an overall record of 67–15, becoming the 10th team to win 67 or more games in a single season. It was the first time the Warriors had ever won as many as 60 games in a season; their previous high was 59 in the 1975–76 season. The Warriors also ended with a 39–2 home record, which is tied for the second-best home record in NBA history. The Warriors were first in defensive efficiency for the season and second in offensive efficiency, barely missing the mark that the

Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player ...

–led Sixers achieved by being first in both offensive and defensive efficiency. They became the first team in NBA history to have two win streaks over 15 at home (18 and 19). In the opening round of the playoffs against the

New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...

, Kerr led the Warriors to their first four-game playoff sweep since the

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. Afterwards, the team beat the

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(4–2, in the second round). Down 2–1 in the series, Kerr made an unconventional adjustment in Game 4 to leave the Grizzlies' Tony Allen open and have his defender, center

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, guard the interior. His strategy was lauded after Allen, Memphis' best wing defender but a poor jump-shooter, was benched and limited to 16 minutes after missing wide open shots. The Warriors then defeated the

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

(4–1, in the Western Conference Finals), making the

for the first time in 40 years. The Warriors faced the

in the Finals. Kerr and rival coach

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were both in their first season as NBA head coaches, and this was the first time a pair of rookie head coaches faced each other in the

since the NBA's first year of existence, in 1947 with

Eddie Gottlieb Edward Gottlieb (born Isadore Gottlieb; September 15, 1898 – December 7, 1979) was a Jewish-Ukrainian professional basketball coach and executive. Nicknamed "Mr. Basketball" and "The Mogul", he was the first coach and manager of the Philadelph ...

of the

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and

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of the

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competing. After the Warriors went down 2–1 to Cleveland, Kerr started

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in place of Bogut, jump-starting their stagnant offense for a 103–82 road win that evened the series. It was Iguodala's first start of the season, and the small unit came to be known as the

Death Lineup The Death Lineup was a lineup of basketball players on the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2014 to 2019. Developed under head coach Steve Kerr, it began during their 2014–15 run that led to an NBA champio ...

. After the game, Kerr admitted to lying to the press in response to pregame questions about potential changes to his starting lineup. The Warriors went on to win the championship in six games, defeating the Cavaliers, 4–2, in the series, to give Kerr his sixth championship and first as a head coach. After the first two days of the defending champion Warriors' training camp, Kerr took an indefinite leave of absence to rehabilitate his back, which had caused problems since the

2015 NBA Finals The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeated the Eastern Confe ...

. Around this time, assistant coach

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assumed Kerr's coaching duties. Kerr missed all of 2015 and most of January 2016, although technically the NBA credited Walton's win–loss record to Kerr. Kerr said "I think it's ridiculous", when asked about getting all of Walton's wins. On January 22, 2016, Kerr returned to coaching after missing 43 games, but warned he might need to miss games occasionally if there was a recurrence of the headaches and pain related to the spinal fluid leak that sidelined him. The Warriors went 39–4 with interim coach

. The Warriors went 34-5 after Kerr returned to coaching. Golden State broke the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls 72–10 record by winning 73 games. Kerr became the first person in NBA history to be a part of 70-win teams as a player and head coach. He was named 2015–16

. Kerr would lead the Warriors to the

2016 NBA Finals The 2016 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2015–16 season and conclusion of the 2016 playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the defending NBA champion and W ...

where they would again face the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors lost in seven games. Steve Kerr Talks to Reporters

On November 20, 2016, the NBA announced that Kerr had been fined $25,000 for public criticism of officiating during a radio interview with

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680 on November 17. Kerr missed time during the 2017 playoffs due to recurring back issues. Associate head coach Mike Brown acted as acting head coach during periods of Kerr's absence, and Brown continued head coaching into the playoffs leading the Warriors to a 12–0 record in the postseason. Kerr returned for the 2017 NBA Finals where he led the Warriors to victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games. The Warriors finished the playoffs with a 16–1 record, the best postseason winning percentage in NBA history. Kerr is the fourth coach in NBA history to win two championships in his first three seasons of coaching. Kerr won his third championship as a head coach when the Warriors defeated the

in the 2018 NBA Finals in four games to give Kerr his eighth championship of his career. The Warriors reached their fifth straight Finals under Kerr in 2019, but they were defeated by the

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in six games. During Game 6, starting shooting guard

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suffered an ACL tear. During the 2019–20 season, with Thompson out for the year and franchise point guard

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only playing five games due to a hand injury, the Warriors finished with the worst record (15–50) in the league. It marked the first time in Kerr's coaching career that he had missed the playoffs. In 2020–21, with Thompson still out due to an Achilles tear but Curry healthy, the Warriors qualified for the newly implemented play-in tournament, but ultimately did not qualify for the playoffs for the second straight season. The Warriors returned to the playoffs in 2021–22 and reached the 2022 NBA Finals where they defeated the

. Kerr won his fourth championship as head coach, and his ninth overall.

Legacy

Kerr has won 429 regular season games and 80 playoff games as head coach. Mainly on the strength of his first three seasons, he has the second-most regular season wins in franchise history behind only Al Attles, while his 80 playoff wins are a franchise record. He is first head coach in NBA history to lead his team to 67 or more wins in three consecutive seasons. He was named to the

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in 2022, when the league commemorated its 75th anniversary.

Personal life

Kerr married Margot Brennan, his college sweetheart, in 1990. They have three children: Nick, Maddy, and Matthew. Kerr is a keen

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fan and an avid supporter of

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Political views and activism

Prior to and following the

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, Kerr has been publicly critical of

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. In an interview following that election, Kerr voiced the opinion that Trump's rise to power was based on insults against women and minorities. He compared Trump's campaign performances and the crude responses of his supporters to the sensationalism of ''

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''. He made clear his "disgust" with Trump's disrespectful public discourse and disappointment with Trump's leadership of the country. On October 27, 2020, an ad created by the anti-Trump Republican Lincoln Project Super PAC was first broadcast. In it, along with

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coach

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, Kerr endorsed Joe Biden for President in the November presidential election. In the advertisement, Kerr said, "I stand for truth over lies", "categorically reject white supremacy", and "believe a presidency should be transparent." Kerr has been a strong supporter of

gun control Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy, with on ...

, expressing criticism with the government's response to school shootings. On May 24, 2022, during a press conference for Game 4 of the NBA's 2022 Western Conference Finals after that day's

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in Texas where 19 children and two teachers were murdered by a gunman wielding semi-automatic weapons, Kerr reiterated these points emotionally. He said, regarding the

filibuster A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking out ...

, that Republicans in the U.S. Senate were "holding us hostage", by using it to prevent a vote on gun control legislation. Kerr has voiced support for the

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movements across the United States, praising the efforts of peaceful protests and hopes that more people will take action to stand up to systemic racial injustice to black people.Why Warriors' Steve Kerr is trying to get white people to talk
''

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'', Connor Letourneau, August 31, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 48 , , 20 , , 17.6 , , .511 , , .432 , , .833 , , 1.6 , , 2.3 , , .6 , , .2 , , 6.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 82 , , 0 , , 24.8 , , .497 , , .419 , , .856 , , 1.6 , , 2.6 , , .9 , , .0 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 82 , , 0 , , 23.4 , , .506 , , .515 , , .929 , , 1.3 , , 2.3 , , .8 , , .0 , , 8.4 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 82 , , 0 , , 22.7 , , .533 , , .464 , , .806 , , 1.6 , , 2.1 , , .8 , , .0 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 50 , , 0 , , 22.4 , , .454 , , .438 , , .918 , , 1.5 , , 1.9 , , .5 , , .1 , , 7.5 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 44 , , 0 , , 16.7 , , .391 , , .313 , , .886 , , 1.0 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .1 , , 4.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 0 , , 8.4 , , .432 , , .516 , , .818 , , .6 , , .4 , , .1 , , .0 , , 2.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 55 , , 1 , , 11.8 , , .421 , , .429 , , .933 , , .6 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 75 , , 0 , , 12.7 , , .430 , , .395 , , .882 , , .8 , , .9 , , .4 , , .0 , , 4.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 910 , , 30 , , 17.8 , , .479 , , style="background:#E0CEF2;", .454 , , .864 , , 1.2 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , .1 , , 6.0

Playoffs

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1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

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1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

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, 12 , , 3 , , 12.4 , , .439 , , .273 , , 1.000 , , .5 , , .8 , , .4 , , .0 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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, 10 , , 0 , , 18.6 , , .361 , , .375 , , 1.000 , , 1.4 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .0 , , 3.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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, 10 , , 0 , , 19.3 , , .475 , , .421 , , 1.000 , , .6 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , .0 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;",

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

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, 18 , , 0 , , 19.8 , , .448 , , .321 , , .871 , , 1.0 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , .0 , , 6.1 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;",

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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, 19 , , 0 , , 17.9 , , .429 , , .381 , , .929 , , .9 , , 1.1 , , .9 , , .1 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;",

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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, 21 , , 0 , , 19.8 , , .434 , , .463 , , .818 , , .8 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .0 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;",

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

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, 11 , , 0 , , 8.8 , , .267 , , .231 , , .833 , , .8 , , .7 , , .2 , , .0 , , 2.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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, 9 , , 0 , , 11.2 , , .480 , , .333 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .4 , , .1 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 13.0 , , .429 , , .250 , , 1.000 , , 1.3 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .0 , , 6.3 , - , style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;",

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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, 10 , , 0 , , 4.6 , , .636 , , .833 , , .750 , , .3 , , .6 , , .1 , , .0 , , 2.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 128 , , 3 , , 15.6 , , .426 , , .370 , , .876 , , .9 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , .0 , , 4.3

College

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Awards and honors

NBA * Nine-time NBA champion ** Five as a player (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003) ** Four as a head coach (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) * 2016

* Two-time

NBA All-Star Game head coach This is a list of NBA All-Star Game head coaches. The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is an annual basketball exhibition game held during the National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season. From 1951 to 2017, the All-Star Game w ...

* 1997 All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest winner USA Basketball *

(as a player) * 2020 Olympic Gold Medal winner (as an assistant coach) NCAA * No. 25 retired by the Arizona Wildcats Media *Three-time

ESPY Award An ESPY Award (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) is an accolade currently presented by the American broadcast television network ABC, and previously ESPN (as of the 2017 ESPY Awards the latter still airs them in the form ...

winner **2015 Best Coach/Manager **2017 and 2022 Outstanding Team (as coach of the Warriors)

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