Stephen Douglas Kerr, known as Steve Kerr is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Find Steve Kerr’s children here.
Steve Kerr Biography
Steve Kerr was born on 27 September 1965 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Kerr has a height of 6ft.3inch.(1.91m), with a body weight of 81.6kg/ 179lbs.
His nationality is American and his ethnicity is Caucasian.
Steve Kerr spent much of his childhood in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries. He attended Cairo American College in Egypt, the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, and Palisades High School (now Palisades Charter High School) in Los Angeles.
Kerr was not a highly sought-after prospect in high school and eventually enrolled at the University of Arizona to pursue a degree in general studies. He secured himself a place in Arizona’s basketball program, Arizona Wildcats. During this period, he truly came into his form as a player and drew the attention of NBA scouts.
He is the current head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kerr is an eight-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player (three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs) as well as three with the Warriors as a head coach.
Steve Kerr has the highest career three-point percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. He also held the NBA record for highest career three-point percentage in a season with 52.4%.
Kerr was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft. He was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989.
Kerr announced his retirement after the 2003 NBA Finals, beating the “New Jersey Nets”. Kerr played 910 regular-season games but started only 30 of them, 20 of those games coming in the 1991-92 season.
On 10 December 2014, Kerr became the first NBA rookie head coach to win 21 of his first 23 games. He was named the head coach of the Western Conference team for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game after Golden State had the best record in the conference.
Nick and Maddy inherited their father’s prediction for sports. Nick hopes to be a coach one day like his father. While Maddy is an excellent volleyball player and has won the “FAB 50” selection by Volleyball magazine.
Steve Kerr and his wife Margot Kerr have three children together, Nick, Madeleine and Matthew Kerr. The Golden State Warriors head coach has been married to his wife for over 30 years now and their children are all adults with their own careers, though the family has remained very close
And Kerr brings home an appropriately hefty paycheck for his shooting and determined position. He has a net worth estimated at $18 million.
He’s currently in the fourth year of a five-year contract with “Golden State Warriors” for $25 million, which gives him an annual salary of $5 million
He has three siblings.
Kerr was born to an American academic Malcolm H. Kerr(father) and Ann Zwicker Kerr (mother)
His grandfather, Stanley Kerr, was also a helpful personality as he volunteered with the Near East Relief after the Armenian Genocide and rescued women and orphans in Aleppo and Marash before eventually settling in Beirut.
His father Malcolm Kerr was killed by members of the Shia Lebanese militia called Islamic Jihad on the morning of January 18, 1984, at the age of 52 while he was serving as president of the American University of Beirut.
Kerr got married to Margot Kerr in 1990. Margot Kerr was his college sweetheart, with whom he had been in love with since a long time. They are blessed with three children-two sons Nick and Matthew and a daughter Madeleine.
Margot and Steve Kerr began dating when they were both sophomores at the University of Arizona when Kerr’s friend Bruce “Q” Fraser set them up on a blind date with him and his then-girlfriend, Kerr shared with In My Court.
Margot Kerr ended up graduating a year before Kerr because of his redshirt year before his senior season and they had a long-distance relationship, she told SF Gate, due to her job with an advertising agency in Los Angeles.
Meet Steve Kerr’s Children, Maddy, Nicky and Matthew Kerr
Margot and Steve Kerr’s oldest child is Nick Kerr, who is following in his father’s basketball coaching footsteps after playing in college.
Maddy is Steve and Margot Kerr’s second child and only daughter and she’s currently married and working as a corporate associate at a law firm.
The youngest Kerr is Matthew Kerr, who’s shared that he’s not interested in sports but is nevertheless very close with his siblings and parents.
Kerr always has been loyal to his wife and family and they all are living together in a happy family at present. Kerr is a close family friend of actress Julie Davenport.
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