Assistant coaches Terry Stotts, Jerry Stackhouse reportedly leaving Warriors

Assistant coaches Terry Stotts, Jerry Stackhouse reportedly leaving Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Steve Kerr is returning as Warriors coach for two more NBA seasons, but it appears he won’t have his top assistants beside him.

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Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse are leaving the franchise, ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported Thursday evening, citing sources. Both men are interested in pursuing head-coaching opportunities, per Slater.

Both Stotts and Stackhouse joined Kerr’s staff before the 2024-25 NBA season, after the Warriors coach’s former top assistant, Kenny Atkinson, accepted the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head-coaching job.

Stotts brought over a decade of head-coaching experience with him to Golden State and helped provide structure to an offense led by superstar Steph Curry.

This past season, Stotts humorously took the postgame podium for Kerr after the coach was ejected from a Jan. 5 game, telling reporters he was “saving Steve some money.”

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Per Slater, Stotts told ESPN he is leaving the Warriors on good terms after informing Kerr late in the regular season that he didn’t intend to return.

“I enjoyed my time with Steve, the staff and players,” Stotts told Slater. “My two years there were fulfilling. Nothing but well-wishes.”

Stackhouse, Kerr’s defensive-minded assistant, former NBA player and ex-Vanderbilt coach, was known for holding Warriors players accountable — especially Draymond Green — during his time with Golden State.

The Warriors also lost another assistant, Chris DeMarco, midseason after he became head coach of the WNBA’s New York Liberty.

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Golden State currently is in the early stages of searching for replacements for Stotts and Stackhouse, Slater reported.

The Warriors finished the 2025-26 season with a 37-45 record as the Western Conference’s No. 10 seed, before their campaign came to an end in the NBA play-in tournament.

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