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Steve Kerr is an American basketball player and coach. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1965, he holds United States citizenship. He played as a point guard and shooting guard in the National Basketball Association for the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, and Portland Trail Blazers. He was drafted by the Phoenix Suns and played professionally from 1988 until 2003.
Kerr serves as the coach of the Golden State Warriors and the United States men's national basketball team. He was educated at the University of Arizona. His coaching career has earned him the NBA Coach of the Year Award. He is the son of Malcolm Kerr and speaks English as his native language.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Stephen Douglas Kerr is an American former professional basketball player and coach currently affiliated with the Golden State Warriors. He won the NBA championships five times as a player, three times with the Chicago Bulls and twice with the San Antonio Spurs, as well as three times as the head coach of the Warriors. Born and raised in the Middle East, Kerr attended Palisades Charter High…
Known for
- Gonzaga: The Slipper Still Fits — Self2026
- Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? — Self2025
- First in 40: The Story of the 2014-15 Warriors — Himself2025
- The Golden Age — Himself2025
- Brate — Himself2025
- Court of Gold — Self2025
- Wardell Stephen Curry — Self2023
- Stand — Self - Former Chicago Bulls Guard, 1993-982023
- Mad Rise: The Story of Australian Basketball2023
- Clone High — Steve Kerr (voice)2023
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Key facts
- Title
- Head coach
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1965-09-27 ) September 27, 1965 (age 60) , Beirut , Lebanon
- Nationality
- American
- Listed height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- High school
- Palisades , ( Pacific Palisades, California )
- College
- Arizona (1983–1988)
- Nba draft
- 1988 : 2nd round, 50th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Phoenix Suns
- Playing career
- 1988–2003
- Position
- Point guard / Shooting guard
- Number
- 4, 5, 2, 25
- Coaching career
- 2014–present
- 1988 1989
- Phoenix Suns
- 1989 1992
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 1992 1993
- Orlando Magic
- 1993 1998
- Chicago Bulls
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Golden State Warriors
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Family name
- Kerr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beirut
- Father
- Malcolm Kerr
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1986 FIBA World Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- San Antonio Spurs
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr on November 15, 2023, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 190
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- date of birth
- 1965-09-27
- Commons category
- Steve Kerr
- drafted by
- Phoenix Suns
- coach of sports team
- United States men's national basketball team
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 652038
- name in native language
- Steve Kerr
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the U.S. national team. 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. He is also a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as a head coach. Kerr was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History.
Kerr played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-12) and earned All-American honors as a senior in 1988. In the 1987–88 season, Kerr set the NCAA single-season three-point field goal percentage record (57.3%). Selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft, Kerr played 15 seasons in the NBA. He won five NBA championships as a player—three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs—and retired as the all-time NBA leader in single-season three-point shooting percentage and career three-point shooting percentage.
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