The Golden State Warriors are building toward next season with Steve Kerr locked in on a new two-year deal. The roster decisions are coming. The front office is mapping out its offseason targets. Everything points to a franchise fully committed to one more push around Stephen Curry.
But before any of that gets sorted, Kerr will be doing it with a new-look staff beside him.
Two of his top assistants are on their way out, and the search for replacements is already underway.
Stotts and Stackhouse Both Moving On
GettyHead coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors laughs from the bench with coaches (L-R) Seth Cooper, Terry Stotts, Jerry Stackhouse and Kris Weems.
According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse will not return to Golden State for the 2026-27 season. Both are pursuing head-coaching opportunities elsewhere, leaving Kerr with significant holes to fill before training camp opens in September.
Stotts brought over a decade of head-coaching experience to the Warriors when he joined the staff before the 2024-25 season. He helped provide structure to an offense built around Curry and left on good terms after informing Kerr late in the regular season that he would not be coming back. “My two years there were fulfilling. Nothing but well-wishes,” Stotts told ESPN.
Stackhouse, a defensive-minded assistant with NBA playing experience and a previous head-coaching stint at Vanderbilt, was known for holding players accountable during his time in San Francisco. The Warriors also lost assistant Chris DeMarco midseason after he took the head-coaching job with the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
Iguodala Among Early Names Floated as Replacement
GettyAndre Iguodala and Stephen Curry of the Golden state Warriors pose with their championship rings.
The search for replacements is in its early stages, but one name has already generated buzz. ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel reported on X that “one early name I’ve heard come up along with Willie Green is Andre Iguodala,” though Siegel cautioned he does not fully expect it to happen yet.
Iguodala’s connection to this franchise runs deep. He won four championships with the Warriors and took home the 2015 Finals MVP award. Golden State retired his No. 9 jersey in February 2025. Few people in basketball understand what it takes to win in this system better than he does.
The coaching resume is blank. Iguodala has been serving as the NBPA’s Acting Executive Director since retiring in 2023 and has no experience on a coaching staff. But his value as a defensive strategist would be hard to overstate. He earned two All-Defensive team selections during his career and finished in the top ten of Defensive Player of the Year voting four times. He also spent time being coached by Mike Krzyzewski on the 2012 gold medal-winning USA Basketball team and played two seasons under Erik Spoelstra in Miami.
The basketball knowledge and mental understanding of the game are clearly there. Whether he has the interest is the real question.
Willie Green Also in the Conversation
GettyFormer head coach Willie Green of the New Orleans Pelicans.
Willie Green is the other name Siegel mentioned. Green spent three seasons on Kerr’s staff and won two championships before serving as an assistant with the Suns and then becoming head coach of the Pelicans.
His five seasons in New Orleans produced two playoff appearances and a 127-119 record in his first three years, with the Pelicans ranking among the league’s better defensive teams during that stretch. Injuries derailed the final stretch of his tenure and he was let go after a 2-10 start to this season.
Returning to Golden State as an assistant would be a step back in terms of title, but the opportunity to work alongside Kerr again and be part of a win-now environment could hold appeal.
What It Means for the Warriors
Losing Stotts and Stackhouse in the same offseason creates openings, but it also creates opportunity. Fresh voices on a coaching staff can shake things up in ways that continuity sometimes cannot. For a team that has leaned on the same core group for over a decade, new perspectives could be exactly what this group needs heading into a pivotal season.
Iguodala would bring instant credibility and a championship pedigree that resonates in this locker room. Green brings head-coaching experience and a deep understanding of what Kerr demands from his staff. Neither is a like-for-like replacement for what Stotts and Stackhouse provided, but both bring something different and potentially valuable.
Kerr has rebuilt around himself before. He will do it again.
Final Word for the Warriors
The coaching staff is changing. The mission is not.
Kerr is back, Curry is staying, and the Warriors are targeting something significant this summer. Whoever fills these roles will be walking into an organization with championship expectations and a tight timeline.
Change is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it is exactly what a team needs.
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