Starting next season, coach Steve Kerr will have the highest salary in NBA history, staying with the Golden State Warriors for another 2 years with the ambition to win the tournament.
The two sides agreed to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of 45 million USD, effective from the summer of early 2026. Thus, coach Steve Kerr will be “tied down” until the end of the 2026-28 season, when Stephen Curry’s contract expires.
Stephen Curry and coach Steve Kerr, the two most important names of the Golden State Warriors, will be “tied down together” until the end of this season.
According to journalist Wojnarowski, this is the result of many months of negotiations between coach Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors technical director Mike Dunleavy Jr. and some important members of the club.
Not only will he continue to stick with the team he has worked for for nearly a decade, but Captain Steve Kerr will also become the highest-paid coach in NBA history with an average of $17.5 million per season.
Considering Golden State’s 2024-25 salary schedule, Coach Steve Kerr will be paid the 5th highest salary on the team. He is only behind Draymond Green ($24 million), Andrew Wiggins ($26 million), Chris Paul ($30 million) and Stephen Curry ($55 million).
The new contract extension makes Captain Steve Kerr the highest-paid coach in NBA history
“I believe that myself and many other players in this locker room would not want to end their careers with any other coach than Steve Kerr. I am very happy and happy that the contract extension of the coach has been completed,” Draymond Green shared.
“It would be difficult to talk about a great Golden State Warriors team without mentioning Coach Steve Kerr. I think he has become an irreplaceable figure, especially with what he has brought to this team in the four championships.”
Coach Steve Kerr has worked for the Golden State Warriors since 2014, leading the team to many Finals series and four NBA championships. Before that, he had five championships as a player.
The Golden State Warriors leadership has made extending the contract of Coach Steve Kerr a top priority for many years. But under the former technical director, Mr. Bob Myers, the contract extension negotiations did not bring results.
It was not until the middle of this 2023-24 season, which is also the final year of Coach Kerr’s contract, that negotiations were completed to keep the captain with the fifth highest winning percentage of all time in Golden State.