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Steph Curry and Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors have won four NBA championships together.
The Golden State Warriors face a big decision this offseason when longtime head coach Steve Kerr’s contract expires. Per multiple insiders close to the situation, the Warriors are keen to retain Kerr, with Stephen Curry most vocal about bringing back the 2016 Coach of the Year for at least one more season.
On a recent episode of the “Warriors Plus/Minus” podcast, The Athletic’s Nick Friedell and Tim Kawakami indicated that Curry “wants Steve” back as Warriors coach.
“I’ve been asked repeatedly — Tim, I know you have, too. Do you think Steve’s coming back? I absolutely do because I think this team, especially because of what we’ve been talking about now tonight on this episode,” Friedell said, via Newsweek.
“They want to go for it,” Friedell continued. “There’s not another person you’re going to plug in that’s going to take them to some other spot more than Steve Kerr. Plus, the fact that Steph wants him and they have a partnership for all these years.”
Steve Kerr’s Future with Warriors
There have been conflicting reports about Kerr’s future as Warriors head coach.
In January, The Ringer’s Logan Murdock reported that Kerr’s assistant coaches were operating under the assumption that the 2025-26 season would be his last.
“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,” Murdock wrote, while analyzing the fallout of Jimmy Butler’s season-ending ACL tear.
Kerr, a nine-time NBA champion, signed a two-year extension worth $35 million with the Golden State Warriors in February 2024, becoming the highest-paid head coach in NBA history by average annual salary.
Should Warriors Bring Steve Kerr Back?
While Kerr has been instrumental in helping the Warriors capture four NBA championships since 2015, he’s received significant blowback in recent years, particularly for his alleged failure to develop young talents such as Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, James Wiseman and Brandin Podziemski.
Kerr recently addressed those criticisms.
“I think part of the frustration of our fans probably stems from the fact that we have the three lottery picks coming at a time when we were winning a championship, and it’s just hard to play 19-year-olds on championship teams,” Kerr said.
“The development that comes is going to be different than it would come on a team that’s in the lottery, where you just put a guy out there for 35 minutes and let him make his mistakes. I think that’s probably where some of the frustration comes.”
The Warriors (36-39) have reportedly already focused on the 2026-27 season after their current campaign fell apart due to injuries. After Jimmy Butler suffered a season-ending ACL tear, Stephen Curry went down with a lingering knee injury that has held him out of action since Jan. 30. There is increasing belief that the Warriors could shut down Curry and not bring him back just for the upcoming play-in tournament.
Sai Mohan covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided’s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. More about Sai Mohan
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