Steve Kerr returns to Warriors as head coach on new two-year contract

[p]Kerr, whose contract was expiring at the end of the season, said after the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-state-warriors/SxUtXqch/"]Warriors[/a] were eliminated in the NBA's play-in tournament that he did not know if he'd be back for a 13th season with the club.[/p][p][b]"These jobs all have an expiration date," [/b]Kerr said following an emotional moment with stars [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curry-stephen/xx3787qL/"]Stephen Curry[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-draymond/fDcC7RbR/"]Draymond Green[/a] on the court after the Warriors' season-ending loss to Phoenix on April 17.[/p][p][b]"There is a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it's time for new blood and new ideas," [/b]the coach said.[/p][embed guid="60c7aca2-be37-47bd-9500-4810f927a8a0" url="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2053268603995095087?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Green had stoked speculation that 60-year-old Kerr would call it quits with remarks on his podcast. But ESPN, citing Dan Eveloff and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-jr-jabari/jsPugfKi/"]Rick Smith[/a] of Priority Sports, said Kerr had decided to stay.[/p][p]ESPN, citing unnamed league sources, said the two-year deal will keep Kerr as the highest-paid coach in the NBA annually. He made $17.5 million last year.[/p][p]Golden State won the 2015 NBA title in Kerr's first season at the helm and won three more in 2017, 2018, and 2022.[/p][p]This season, the Warriors had battled into the play-in despite multiple injury setbacks. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/butler-jimmy/QFWrt6JU/"]Jimmy Butler[/a], brought in to bolster the aging duo of Curry and Green, tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in January.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moody-moses/Q98n0Teh/"]Moses Moody[/a] was stretchered off in March with a torn knee tendon.[/p][p]Curry, 38, missed time with a sprained ankle, then was sidelined for 27 straight games with a nagging knee injury.[/p]