1. Stephen Douglas Kerr was born on September 27,1965 and is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association and the US national team.
58 Facts About Steve Kerr
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Steve Kerr is known as one of the most accurate three-point shooters in NBA history and holds the record for highest career three-point percentage.
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Steve Kerr is a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as head coach of the Warriors.
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Steve Kerr was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History.
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Steve Kerr was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 and earned All-American honors as a senior in 1988.
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Steve Kerr announced he was leaving the position in June 2010.
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In May 2014, Steve Kerr was named head coach of the Golden State Warriors.
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Steve Kerr spent much of his childhood in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries.
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Steve Kerr attended Cairo American College in Egypt, the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, and Palisades High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 1983.
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Malcolm Steve Kerr was killed by members of the Islamic Jihad on January 18,1984 at the age of 52 while he was serving as president of the American University of Beirut.
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Steve Kerr was shot twice in the back of his head by gunmen using suppressed handguns in the hallway outside his office.
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Minimally recruited out of high school, Steve Kerr played basketball at the University of Arizona from 1983 to 1988.
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Steve Kerr graduated from the University of Arizona in 1988 with a Bachelor of General Studies, with an emphasis on history, sociology, and English.
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Steve Kerr was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft.
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Steve Kerr averaged 2.6 points per game for the Suns in his rookie season.
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In 1989, Steve Kerr was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for draft consideration.
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In December 1992, Steve Kerr was traded to the Orlando Magic for draft considerations.
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Steve Kerr averaged 2.6 points per game during his tenure with Orlando.
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Steve Kerr played five seasons for the Bulls and typically came off of the bench, playing the role of three-point shooting specialist.
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Steve Kerr won the Three-Point Contest at the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend.
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In January 1999, Steve Kerr was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, whereby Chuck Person and a first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft was sent to Chicago.
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Steve Kerr played in nearly every game the following year, which was his final season in the league.
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In Game 6 of the 2003 Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, Steve Kerr made four second-half three-pointers that helped the Spurs win the game and eliminate Dallas from the playoffs.
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In 2003, Steve Kerr became a broadcast analyst for Turner Network Television, offering commentary alongside analyst Marv Albert.
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Steve Kerr has provided his voice for the in-game commentary of EA Sports video games NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07, NBA Live 08, NBA Live 09 and NBA Live 10 with Albert.
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Steve Kerr has provided his voice as a color analyst for NBA 2K12, NBA 2K13, NBA 2K14 and NBA 2K15.
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Steve Kerr's commentary appears during All-Star play in the seventh gen port of NBA 2K16.
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Steve Kerr was a regular contributor to the website Grantland from 2011 until it closed in 2015.
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In 2023, Steve Kerr portrayed a cartoon version of himself on the animated series Clone High, where he was the judge of a fictitious reality show called Tropical Hospital.
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Steve Kerr became part of Suns management, acting as a consultant.
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On December 10,2008, Steve Kerr continued to remake the Suns roster by trading Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, and Sean Singletary to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, and the Bobcats' 2010 second-round draft pick, which was used to draft Gani Lawal of Georgia Tech.
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In 2010, Steve Kerr left the Suns as president of basketball operations and general manager.
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Steve Kerr continued to own less than one percent of the Suns' organization until 2014, when he decided to coach the Golden State Warriors.
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On May 14,2014, Steve Kerr reached an agreement to become the head coach for the Golden State Warriors, succeeding Mark Jackson in a five-year, $25 million deal.
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Steve Kerr coached in the 2014 Summer League for the Warriors.
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On December 10,2014, Steve Kerr became the first NBA rookie head coach to win 21 of his first 23 games.
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Steve Kerr was named the head coach of the Western Conference team for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game after the Warriors had the best record in the conference.
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Steve Kerr's strategy was lauded after Allen, Memphis' best wing defender but a poor jump-shooter, was benched and limited to 16 minutes after missing wide open shots.
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Steve Kerr said "I think it's ridiculous", when asked about getting all of Walton's wins.
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Steve Kerr's scoring average increase of 6.3 is the largest ever by a reigning MVP.
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On November 20,2016, the NBA announced that Steve Kerr had been fined $25,000 for public criticism of officiating during a radio interview with KNBR 680 three days prior.
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Steve Kerr missed time during the 2017 playoffs due to recurring back issues.
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Steve Kerr returned in Game 2 of the 2017 NBA Finals, where the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.
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Steve Kerr is the fourth coach in NBA history to win two championships in his first three seasons of coaching.
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Steve Kerr won his third championship as a head coach when the Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games during the 2018 NBA Finals to give Kerr his eighth championship of his career.
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Steve Kerr was an assistant coach on the gold medal-winning 2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team.
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At the 2024 Summer Olympic Men's Basketball Tournament, Steve Kerr coached the US Team to its fifth consecutive gold medal at Paris' Bercy Arena in a win over host country France.
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Steve Kerr is the first head coach in NBA history to lead his team to 67 or more wins in three consecutive seasons.
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Steve Kerr was named one of the Top 15 Coaches in NBA History in 2022, when the league commemorated its 75th anniversary.
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Steve Kerr is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool.
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In 2023, Steve Kerr bought a minority stake in La Liga club Mallorca.
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Steve Kerr compared Trump's campaign performances and the crude responses of his supporters to the sensationalism of The Jerry Springer Show.
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Steve Kerr made clear his "disgust" with Trump's disrespectful public discourse and disappointment with Trump's leadership of the country.
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Steve Kerr has been a strong supporter of gun control, expressing criticism with the government's response to school shootings.
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On May 24,2022, during a press conference for Game 4 of the NBA's 2022 Western Conference finals after that day's Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas where 19 children and two teachers were murdered by a gunman wielding semi-automatic weapons, Steve Kerr reiterated these points emotionally.
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Steve Kerr said, regarding the filibuster, that Republicans in the US Senate were "holding us hostage", by using it to prevent a vote on gun control legislation.
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Steve Kerr has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movements across the United States, praising the efforts of peaceful protests and hopes that more people will take action to stand up to systemic racial injustice to black people.
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Steve Kerr spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention on August 19,2024.