Steve Kerr agrees to two-year deal, will remain with Warriors

Steve Kerr is staying with the Warriors for two more years, a move that keeps Golden State’s most successful modern-era partnership intact as Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the rest of the core try to make one more championship run.

The agreement ended about three weeks of uncertainty after Golden State’s season closed with a play-in loss. Kerr’s previous contract expired at the end of the 2025-26 season, but the new deal is expected to carry him into his 13th season on the Warriors’ bench in 2026-27, preserving continuity at a moment when the franchise faces a pivotal offseason and a draft position shaped by the 11th-best odds at the No. 1 pick.

Kerr’s decision followed meetings with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy, before the sides settled his future. Golden State had not started a coaching search while waiting for Kerr, a sign that the organization viewed his return as the most likely outcome even as exit-rumor noise grew around the team’s postseason exit. Multiple reports said Kerr remains the NBA’s highest-paid coach, and earlier reporting on his previous extension put that contract at $35 million over two years.

The timeline underscores how closely Kerr’s tenure has been tied to Curry’s prime and what remains of it. Kerr was hired on May 19, 2014, and by March 16, 2026, he had reached 600 career wins, becoming the fourth-fastest coach in NBA history to do so. He is already the winningest coach in Warriors history and has led Golden State to four NBA championships, a résumé that made the choice less about performance than about whether he wanted to keep coaching at all.

He did. Kerr had previously said he did not want to coach another NBA team, making this extension a declaration that the next chapter will still be written in Golden State. Players praised his locker-room leadership during exit interviews, and the deal gives the Warriors a familiar voice as roster decisions, free-agent talks and draft planning begin to shape the next phase around Curry’s remaining title window.