Steve Kerr has come a long way since his childhood days in Pacific Palisades. After graduating from Palisades High in 1983, his life has centered around basketball and although his playing days are long over he continues to set records in the game he loves.
With Golden State’s 105-93 home victory over Houston last Wednesday, Kerr became the first rookie head coach in National Basketball Association history to win 19 of his first 21 games. The record was extended to 21 wins in 23 games, finally ending with Tuesday’s loss at Memphis. Kerr was hired to coach the Warriors in May and so far has proven the right fit to mold a team featuring perhaps the league’s best backcourt duo in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
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“It means that I’m the luckiest coach in NBA history because I inherited a team that was already really good,” Kerr said. “You just want to pile up wins in the West.”
Kerr played for Lute Olson at the University of Arizona before embarking on a 15-year NBA career in which he won five rings (three with Chicago and two with San Antonio) and retired as the league’s all-time leader in three-point accuracy.
Prior to taking the job in Oakland the 49-year-old Kerr was a TNT analyst and served three years as general manager of the Phoenix Suns.
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