The longest-tenured head coach in the Western Conference may soon be on his way out of town.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr’s future with the team is up in the air, Logan Murdock of The Ringer reported on Wednesday. Murdock notes that Kerr still has yet to sign a contract extension with the Warriors and that “multiple assistant coaches” on Kerr’s staff are operating under the premise that Kerr will not be back with the team next season.
Kerr, now 60 years old, has coached Golden State ever since 2014 and has led them to four NBA championships as well as six NBA Finals berths. On top of that, Kerr owns a career head coaching record of 592-328 (.643) and was the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2016.
But Kerr is currently in his final season under contract with the Warriors and apparently has not made very much progress on extension talks with the team. Back in September, Kerr also spoke out about his uncertain contract situation with Golden State.
Though they are still a top-eight team in the West this season at 25-20, the Warriors are very much at a fork in the road right now. Jimmy Butler just suffered a torn right ACL earlier this week (see the video here), and that may have just wiped out the last best chance for Golden State to compete for a title with their current team iteration.
Even Warriors fans seem to be turning on Kerr at this point, and some have even been calling for Kerr’s firing as it appears that he is beginning to lose touch. If Golden State’s fortunes do not drastically improve in between now and the end of the season, perhaps those fans will ultimately end up getting their wish with Kerr.
