Steve Kerr
Kerr at the White House in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 27, 1965 Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Palisades (Pacific Palisades, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Arizona (1983–1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1988: 2nd round, 50th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 5, 2, 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a player: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Orlando Magic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | United States men's national team (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | United States men's national team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Points | 5,437 (6.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,060 (1.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 1,658 (1.8 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the U.S. national team. He is known as one of the most accurate three-point shooters in NBA history and holds the record for highest career three-point percentage. Kerr is also a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as a head coach. He was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History.
Kerr played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-12) and earned All-American honors as a senior in 1988. In the 1987–88 season, Kerr set the NCAA single-season three-point field goal percentage record (57.3%). Selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft, Kerr played 15 seasons in the NBA. He won five NBA championships as a player—three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs—and retired as the all-time NBA leader in single-season three-point shooting percentage and career three-point shooting percentage.
Following his retirement as a player, Kerr became a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns as part of a group led by Robert Sarver that purchased the team in 2004. In June 2007, Phoenix named Kerr the team's president of basketball operations and general manager. Kerr announced he was leaving the position in June 2010. After stepping down from his post with the Suns, Kerr worked as a color commentator for NBA on TNT until 2014.
In May 2014, Kerr was named head coach of the Golden State Warriors. Under his leadership, the franchise entered the most successful period in its history, reaching the NBA Finals six times and winning four championships (in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022). The 2015–16 Warriors won an unprecedented 73 games, breaking the record for the most wins in an NBA season.