Steve Kerr has officially returned to the Warriors on a new two-year deal, but the longtime head coach won’t have his top assistants back next season, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN, who reports that Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse won’t return to the organization.
Stotts was the top assistant under Kerr and was Golden State’s offensive coordinator, Slater writes, while Stackhouse was the No. 2 assistant and in charge of the defense.
To be clear, neither Stotts nor Stackhouse were dismissed — Slater hears both coaches were on expiring contracts. Stotts, the longtime former Blazers head coach, informed Kerr of his decision late in the regular season and said he’s open to NBA head coaching opportunities.
“I enjoyed my time with Steve, the staff and players,” Stotts told ESPN. “My two years there were fulfilling. Nothing but well wishes.”
As for Stackhouse, league sources tell ESPN the former NBA shooting guard is “actively” pursuing head coaching jobs. The 51-year-old spent five years as Vanderbilt’s top coach before joining the Warriors in 2024, Slater notes.
According to Slater, former Pelicans head coach Willie Green, who got his start as an assistant under Kerr, is a candidate to fill one of the vacancies left by Stotts and Stackhouse.
Veteran assistant Kris Weems, who was promoted to a front-of-the-bench role when Chris Demarco accepted the head coaching job with the WNBA’s New York Liberty, is expected to remain with the Warriors, Slater reports.
Stotts is a good guy and has a great basketball mind but I think his head coaching days are over. His best years were in Portland. Times have changed, and I don’t think he’s a good fit to coach this younger generation of players. He’d be fine as another top assistant or even better in a front office role. Just my thoughts..
What really happened in Mil with Griffin?
All these young guys are all uncoachable
Both are total garbage and GSW’s 37 win season is proof. They weren’t fired, but they should have been.
I WANT IGUODALA!!!
Also: HoopsRumors has not covered it, but Curry announced he is playing a MINIMUM THREE (3) more seasons!
link to msn.com
He is NOT retiring ANYTIME SOON! You were all massively wrong, and I was massively correct all along, he isn’t going to retire if he is still good, your upvoting people disagreeing with me means nothing lol!!! You are ALL WRONG!!
When his VORP drops to under 1.0 over a full season, then he will be cooked. But that isn’t anytime soon!
@Davey
Hypothetically speaking, if Steph were to finish out his current contract and sign ELSEWHERE, do you think that changes his legacy? Would it change your opinion of him? 20 years on one team is such an accomplishment now a days.
He is never playing for anyone but the Warriors, so it’s not a legit question, but yes, that hypothetically drops Curry down with the other all-time greats who were 2+ teams.
It’s not a huge deal, but its a thing that I think many would put ahead of another in a 1v1 all-time great arguments. In those arguments, it matters to many, but not all. So 20 years with 1 team puts Steph ahead of Lebron, MJ etc in terms of all-timers. Stuff like that is what will separate them all in the end. My prediction that in 10 years, Steph will be the consensus #1 on the top 10 list because we all know how he never got any calls ever, like they made him play with a handicap that no other player ever had, and SGA, Harden, Paul and Westbrook all got unlimited FTs in front of Curry, and then they all fouled Curry with no call. The way Steph has been treated by sportswriters, voters and refs is a total joke compared with every other top 50 all time player and they whistle they got. I can see Steph starting to get a whistle soon, he is so old, the refs can’t be this cruel his whole career? I mean SGA doesn’t get touched and he gets a foul, but Steph literally got thrown to the ground and no call. Whenever it is when Steph retires, we will all be asking “why did Steph never get any fouls called on him when he was clearly fouled, so many times?”
He is going to play a LOT longer than everyone currently expects. He has in the past alluded to playing deep into his 40s and even 50s, albeit in a smaller role. So many people on here act like he is retiring next year or in 2 years. But he himself is saying 3+ more years, so everyone should be thinking like we are definitely seeing 2028-29 Steph. Go buy tickets if he’s in your town!
You’re ALWAYS massively wrong. Well, 9 times out of 10 at any rate. “Deep into his 40’s and even into his 50s …” Lunacy, utter and complete lunacy.
I called it Davey. Not trying to brag, but I remember mentioning that Kerr would stay if Curry decides to stay with the team awhile longer..
Yes, and it makes a lot more sense if Giannis is coming, like, thanks to the KD years, we know Kerr at least knows how to coach a team of huge ego superstars. Draymond aint punching Giannis.
I understand. And hopefully Giannis does come to the bay. The dynamic betweeen him and Steph would be fun to watch in so many ways. I can already see ppl hating though..lol ohh well😭❤️
They hate us no matter what happens, its the result of Steph demoralizing their fave team repeatedly lol
I like Willie Green, I feel like he lost control and was a dealt a bad hand on NOLA, but I remember in 2023 I guess when the Pelicans were the 1 seed for the first 25 games.
I think he can be a great head coach, just a really really tough job, specially considering it was his first one.
So, there coach in charge of defense is leaving. There is guy with BA roots and was looking for coaching jobs. The elder Gary Payton might just be a fit.
If they don’t compete next year Kerr gets all the blame now.
how bad the offense was this year bringing in a new offensive coach is a good thing. Sorry but Stotts handling of the offense was horrible. There was lots of bad rotations that made no sense. Stackhouse I thought did a good job with the defense. There was improvement with many of the players but on offense I didn’t se improvement but bad rotations.
The defense was never good because they were always playing 3 or 4 guys who are maximum 6’3″ tall in the same rotation. The opps got unlimited buckets at the rim because GSW never had a legit bigman who was healthy. Al Horford and 4 SG’s is the stupidest rotation I can think of.
Who was the tallest guy on the team when they won their last championship?
They weren’t playing 4 SGs at the same time like they did so often this past season.