The Golden State Warriors are bringing in a familiar NBA name to help Steve Kerr on the bench in 2026-27.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the team has hired Frank Vogel, the 53-year-old former Los Angeles Lakers head coach who won a championship in Los Angeles.
“Longtime NBA coach Frank Vogel has agreed to become the associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors under head coach Steve Kerr,” Charania wrote on X/Twitter Sunday.
Vogel’s path to Golden State has been a long one. He spent three years with the Boston Celtics, one with the Philadelphia 76ers, and four with the Indiana Pacers as an assistant before getting his first head-coaching opportunity in 2011. Indiana promoted the Wildwood Crest, New Jersey native, and he guided the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals twice in five seasons, losing to the Miami Heat both times.
He later took over the Orlando Magic for two seasons, then landed with the Lakers in 2019. In Los Angeles, Vogel teamed with LeBron James and Anthony Davis to deliver the franchise’s 17th championship in 2019-20, when the Lakers beat the Heat in six games to win the Larry O’Brien trophy.
Vogel stayed in L.A. for two more seasons before being fired. After that, he spent one season as head coach of the Phoenix Suns and one season as an assistant in Dallas before getting the associate head coaching job with Golden State.
With that kind of résumé, Vogel gives Kerr’s staff a coach who has seen just about everything.
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