Steve Kerr Named 2015-16 NBA Coach of the Year: Latest Comments and Reaction

The NBA Coach of the Year Award race effectively ended a little over a month ago after the Golden State Warriors reeled off their 55th win in their first 60 games. On Tuesday, head coach Steve Kerr received his deserved recognition. 

ESPN’s Marc Stein first reported that Kerr won the 2015-16 NBA Coach of the Year Award on Tuesday morning, which the Mercury News’ Marcus Thompson confirmed.

The Warriors won 73 games in the regular season, besting the previous record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. According to NBA.com, Golden State ranked first in offensive rating (112.5) and tied for fourth in defensive rating (100.9). The Warriors also led the league in effective field-goal percentage (56.3) while holding opponents to the second-lowest percentage (47.9).

Only the San Antonio Spurs could approach that kind of balance on both ends of the floor, and the Warriors won three of the four head-to-head matchups between the two teams.

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Kerr missed the first half of the season with back issues, and the Warriors didn’t skip a beat with interim coach Luke Walton. This begs the question, are the Warriors so talented and cohesive that anyone could have coached them to a gaudy record?

Taking that attitude would be a disservice to Kerr and the impact he’s had on Golden State.

Power forward Draymond Green recounted how his head coach broke a clipboard in half after the team …

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