Frank Vogel is set to join Steve Kerr’s coaching staff in Golden State as associate head coach, according to a team source who confirmed the move to The Athletic on Sunday. The source spoke anonymously because the deal has not been made official yet. ESPN was first to report the agreement.
Vogel arrives after spending last season in the same role with the Dallas Mavericks. His résumé is long and familiar around the league: head coach stops with the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers, plus the title run with LeBron James and the Lakers in the COVID-19-affected 2019-20 season inside the league’s pandemic bubble.
Across his head coaching career, Vogel has gone 480-422 in the regular season, a .532 winning percentage, and 49-43 in the playoffs, good for a .533 mark. In 12 seasons as a head coach, he’s finished with winning records eight times.
He’ll land in Golden State after a difficult 2025-26 season for the Warriors. Kerr, who has 604 wins and is the winningest coach in franchise history, wasn’t even sure he’d be back after the team missed the playoffs for the second time in three years. Then in May, he agreed to a multiyear extension that keeps him with the Warriors through the 2027-28 season.
The Warriors have also been busy trying to set up another run while Stephen Curry remains in the fold. They’ve brought back Al Horford and Kristaps Porziņģis to contract extensions, and they used the No. 11 pick on Michigan big man Yaxel Lendeborg. The 6-foot-9 forward was named 2025-26 Big Ten Player of the Year and earned All-America first team honors while helping Michigan’s 2026 men’s national title team.
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