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Warriors Add Nick Kerr to NBA Coaching Staff and Promote Lainn Wilson to Santa Cruz Head Coach

The move underscores Golden State’s focus on internal development through strengthened continuity from its NBA coaching staff to its G League affiliate.

May 8, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr looks on against the Minnesota Timberwolves during game two of the second round for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images/File Photo
Nicholas Kerr was a Santa Cruz Warriors assistant coach for two seasons before serving as the team’s head coach for the past two seasons, when his teams finished 20-14 each season.
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, from left, head video coordinator Lainn Wilson, data analyst Hannah Heiring, executive vice president of basketball operations Kirk Lacob and executive director of basketball operations Nick U’Ren have a good time from the bench during a basketball game against the San Quentin Warriors basketball team as part of Golden State’s annual visit to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center on Sept. 16, 2022. (Ray Chavez – Bay Area News Group file)
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Overview

  • Nick Kerr will join his father’s NBA coaching staff after compiling a 59-44 record and leading Santa Cruz to consecutive playoff appearances over two seasons.
  • Lainn Wilson has been appointed head coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors after four seasons as Golden State’s head video coordinator and a role on the team’s 2022 championship basketball operations staff.
  • The coaching changes reflect the organization’s strategy of promoting from within to ensure familiarity with Golden State’s system from the NBA to the G League.
  • Under Kerr’s leadership, 10 G League players earned NBA call-ups, nine of whom joined the parent club in Golden State.
  • Kerr’s NBA résumé includes quality-assurance and video-coordination roles with the Spurs and Warriors before his G League promotion, and Wilson brings prior coaching experience from the Grand Rapids Drive and the University of Georgia.