{"id":785706,"date":"2026-05-10T03:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785706\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T03:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:41:30","slug":"steve-kerr-signs-two-year-deal-to-remain-as-warriors-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785706\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr signs two-year deal to remain as Warriors head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Kerr will be remaining in The Bay for the near future.<\/p>\n

Kerr agreed to a two-year deal to remain as head coach of the Warriors, ESPN reported Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The exact amount of the contract has yet to be disclosed, with league officials telling ESPN that the deal will keep Kerr as the highest-paid coach in the NBA annually.<\/p>\n

\"HeadHead coach Steve Kerr reacts during the first half of the Warriors loss to the Suns in an NBA play-in game at Mortgage Matchup Center on April 17, 2026 in Phoenix. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Last season, Kerr made $17.5 million.<\/p>\n

The contract came after three weeks of deliberations between Kerr and Golden State controlling owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy, in which they discussed the long-term outlook of the franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was never going to be about money,\u201d one team source said, according to ESPN. \u201cWe had to make the best basketball decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a general consensus within the franchise that Kerr was going to stay with the Warriors since earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Kerr re-signing was not always a foregone conclusion, however, as he announced during training camp in October that he would not seek a contract extension, opting to let his final season under contract play out and make a decision after.<\/p>\n

The Warriors, who struggled with injuries throughout the year, finished this season with a 37-45 record and lost to the Suns in the play-in bracket.<\/p>\n

\"NBAGolden State head coach Steve Kerr talks with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green in the closing seconds of their play-loss to the Suns on April 17, 2026 at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI still love coaching, but I get it,\u201d\u00a0Kerr told reporters the night they were eliminated in Phoenix, according to ESPN. \u201cThese jobs all have an expiration date. There is a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it\u2019s time for new blood and new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kerr, who joined the Warriors ahead of the 2014-15 season, has been at the helm of all of Golden State\u2019s success, coaching the team to four NBA Finals championships and holds a career 604-353 regular season record.<\/p>\n

The deal also likely will see Kerr coach the final days of Warriors legend Steph Curry\u2019s playing career, who just finished his 17th NBA season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want Coach to be happy,\u201d Curry said following Golden State\u2019s elimination. \u201cI want him to be excited about the job. I want him to believe he\u2019s the right guy for the job. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want him to have an opportunity to enjoy what he does. \u2026 He knows how I feel about him. That shouldn\u2019t even need to be said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr will be remaining in The Bay for the near future. Kerr agreed to a two-year deal…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":785707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,3140,1260,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,18767,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-785706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-golden-state-warriors","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-steve-kerr","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116548213313376415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}