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Time of India
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
'Clearest nepotism in the history of sports' — Steve Kerr's son Nicholas Kerr joining Golden State Warriors coaching staff puts NBA fans into frenzy
Steve Kerr and his son Nicholas Kerr. Image vis: Chris Carlson/ AP | Jeff Chiu/ AP The Golden State Warriors have made an offseason move that has sparked major buzz off the court. Head coach Steve Kerr's son, Nicholas Kerr, is officially joining the Warriors' NBA coaching staff as an assistant. After building his resume over several years in the G League and beyond, the 32-year-old Kerr is now stepping into the spotlight beside his father, a move that's generating plenty of discussion among fans and analysts alike. Some fans even pointed out that it was a clear-cut case of nepotism. Steve Kerr's son Nicholas Kerr earns NBA promotion after years of coaching grind Nicholas Kerr has steadily climbed the coaching ladder. After beginning his career as a video coordinator and player development coach with the Warriors, he spent time learning the ropes with other programs, including a stint as a graduate assistant at Cal and an internship with the San Antonio Spurs. In 2021, the Warriors brought him on as an assistant with their G League affiliate in Santa Cruz. Over the past two seasons, Nicholas led the Santa Cruz Warriors as head coach, guiding them to back-to-back 20-14 records and fourth-place finishes in the Western Conference. Now, he returns to the NBA bench in a bigger role, ready to contribute at the highest level of the game. Steve Kerr and Nicholas Kerr to work side by side in the Golden State Warriors With this move, the Warriors' bench will now feature both Steve and Nicholas Kerr— father and son— working together at the NBA level for the first time in official coaching roles. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Concentrated Siberian Ginseng Extract 2oz Superior Ginseng Undo While some may raise eyebrows over the optics of a familial hire, the younger Kerr has built his case through years of behind-the-scenes effort and on-court development success. The elder Kerr, now entering his 11th season as Golden State's head coach, remains one of the NBA's most accomplished leaders. Under his guidance, the Warriors have captured four championships and made six Finals appearances, compiling a stellar 567-308 regular-season record and 104 playoff wins. Fans react to Steve Kerr's son Nicholas Kerr joining the Golden State Warriors coaching staff NBA fans quickly moved into the nepotism discussion after the news broke on the internet. 'The clearest nepotism in the history of sports,' one fan wrote. Another fan slammed the decision of giving Nicholas the position, 'Isn't there an established black assistant coach that Steve Kerr should have given this opportunity instead of his son? What gives?' 'Shouldn't this be a black coaching position? Doing this on Juneteenth too. So disrespectful,' another fan echoed the same sentiment. One fan brought out the LeBron James and his son Bronny reference, 'We still care about nepotism now, or was this just a LeBron thing?' Another wrote, 'Nick Kerr nepotism hire, but they only mad when it's Bron. Make it make sense.' There has already been a mild outrage among fans slamming the decision to appoint the Kerr son in the team. Regardless, it remains to be seen how the father-son dynamic would go alongside the team. Also Read: 'Next level fashion' — Tyrese Haliburton's dad John Haliburton's outfit for Oklahoma City Thunder vs Indiana Pacers Game 6 sparks intense fan reaction Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
Reuters
a day ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Steve Kerr adds son Nicholas to Warriors' coaching staff
June 19 - Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr promoted his son Nicholas to the coaching staff Thursday. Nicholas Kerr, 32, served as the Warriors G League head coach in Santa Cruz (Calif.) the past two seasons. Santa Cruz went 20-14 and finished in fourth place in the G League's Western Conference each of the past two seasons. Born in Cleveland and raised in San Diego, Nicholas Kerr played college basketball at San Diego and Cal. He served as a graduate assistant at Cal in the 2016-17 season before moving on to the San Antonio Spurs as an intern. The younger Kerr worked in the player development department for the Warriors and was a video coordinator for three seasons. In 2021 the Warriors hired him as a G League assistant coach at Santa Cruz before becoming head coach in 2023. Steve Kerr, 59, has been Golden State's head coach for 11 seasons starting in 2014-15. The Warriors have won four NBA titles during his tenure and have advanced to the NBA Finals six times. The team is 567-308 in the regular season under Steve Kerr with 104 playoff victories. --Field Level Media
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Warriors Announce Coaching Staff Move Involving Steve Kerr's Son
Warriors Announce Coaching Staff Move Involving Steve Kerr's Son originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It was a solid season for the Golden State Warriors as they were able to turn things around at the trade deadline after adding Jimmy Butler to their roster. Advertisement With their new star trio of Stephen Curry, Butler and Draymond Green, Golden State was able to make a run to the second round of the playoffs before they were eliminated in five games by the Minnesota Timberwolves. While it was not the ending that the Warriors wanted, especially with their roster not being healthy due to Curry's injury in Game 1 of the second round, it was still a successful season after it looked as though they were going to be a bottom feeder early on. Apr 15, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) talks with forward Jimmy Butler III (10) during a break in the action against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second quarter at the Chase Center.© Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images Now the Warriors enter the offseason looking to build around their aging trio to try and chase a championship next season. While the Warriors will be looking to upgrade their roster this summer, they made a key move on their coaching staff on Wednesday. Advertisement The Warriors announced that Nicholas Kerr, son of head coach Steve Kerr, will be called up from the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State's G League affiliate, and rejoin his father's coaching staff. This is an incredible honor for Kerr as he will now rejoin his father in the NBA after being in the G League over the last few seasons. Kerr began his coaching career in 2016 as a graduate assistant coach for the University of California and he then joined the San Antonio Spurs as an intern in 2018. Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry and head coach Steve Nicoll-Imagn Images Over the next three seasons, Kerr joined the Warriors where he assisted with player development and video coordination. Advertisement In 2023, he was named the head coach of Santa Cruz after spending the prior two sesaons as an assistant coach in the G League. Now Kerr will move back to the NBA level where he will join his father's coaching staff for next season Golden State tries to capitalize on another championship. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
Otago Daily Times
27-05-2025
- Otago Daily Times
‘Bandanna burglar' returned to scene
Nicholas Kerr was told by a judge he would be imprisoned again if he continued to target student flats. Photo: staff photographer A Dunedin man known as "the bandanna burglar", after a series of student-flat break-ins, has returned to the scene of the crime, a court has heard. Nicholas Scott Kerr, 36, was jailed for three years two months in 2021 after being convicted of burgling 14 flats, stealing more than $20,000 of items including underwear, and cutting holes in the curtains of seven women's houses. Kerr would wear dark clothing and a bandanna covering his face, hence the moniker, and it was two years before he was finally caught and brought to justice. This week, the defendant came before the Dunedin District Court again — this time on the relatively low-level charge of unlawfully being in an enclosed yard. While the charge carried a maximum penalty of three months' imprisonment, Judge David Robinson — who locked Kerr up in 2021 — voiced his worry. The crime happened in Queen St, just a couple of houses down from other homes the defendant had previously targeted. "While on its face you walked through a property, when I look at your history this is a returning to the scene of the crime," the judge said. "I have real concerns this was a return to form." According to court documents, one of three female residents was in her lounge about midnight on August 22 last year. Kerr had walked down the unlit driveway and activated a motion-triggered light. The victim saw the man run down the side of the property towards a rear deck, then "hunkered down in fear and called the police", a police summary said. A dog unit picked up Kerr's scent at the scene and tracked him to Knox Church. Counsel Sarah Cochrane argued a deferred sentence was appropriate, but Judge Robinson disagreed. "Your history of propensity to target flats occupied by young women ... warrants something more punitive," he said. Police released this identikit photo several years ago as they tracked a man responsible for a series of break-ins. Image: NZ Police Kerr was sentenced to 50 hours' community work but it came with "a very clear warning". "You need to understand, if there's a repeat of this, the sentence simply goes up and I'd have no hesitation in jailing you," the judge said. Kerr's earlier burglary spree began in 2018 when he entered a student flat in Queen St occupied by 10 females and cut a hole in two of their bedroom curtains. He went on to repeat the acts and would often steal items which were later sold using a fictitious Facebook profile. Kerr, who had previous convictions for violence, blackmail and dishonesty, admitted to the Parole Board in July 2023 his crimes had a sexual motive. He was released from the Otago Corrections Facility after the board heard he would receive specialist sex-offender treatment quicker in the community. But at a monitoring hearing five months later, it was revealed Kerr was yet to start any therapy and had changed his story about what drove the break-ins, claiming it was his need for drug money that fuelled him. Timeline December 2021: Nicholas Kerr is sentenced to three years two months' imprisonment for 14 burglaries in Dunedin's student sector. March 2022: Kerr is finally unmasked after losing a name-suppression appeal. July 2023: He is granted parole after admitting the break-ins had a sexual element. December: Kerr tells the Parole Board at a monitoring hearing the burglaries were actually drug-related. August 2024: Police are called when female students find him creeping around the side of their Queen St flat. May 2025: Kerr pleads guilty to unlawfully being in a yard and is sentenced to 50 hours' community work.
