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Rarefied air for coach Kerr.
Steve Kerr becomes just second person in NBA history to accomplish incredible feat originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is in some rarefied air.
Kerr won his 600 th game as a head coach this week, becoming the fourth-fastest coach in NBA history to reach that mark. Kerr also won over 600 games as a player. Steve Kerr becomes second ever with 600 wins as both a player and coach Kerr also won over 600 games as a player, making him just the second person in league history to compile over 600 wins as both a player and coach, along with Don Nelson, per ESPN .
That's a pretty impressive feat. Kerr is in the midst of his 12th season as the head coach in Golden State. He has an overall regular season record of 600-343.
He currently has the 28th most regular season wins as a coach in league history, so he still has a way to go to continue his climb up the leaderboard there. When it comes to playoff wins for a coach, Kerr has the sixth-most all-time with 104. The only coaches with more playoff wins than Kerr are Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Greg Popovich, Doc Rivers and Erik Spoelstra.