Frank Vogel joins Steve Kerr’s staff as Warriors associate head coach: Source

Veteran NBA coach Frank Vogel has been named associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors, joining Steve Kerr’s staff, a team source confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday, speaking anonymously because the deal is not official yet.

ESPN was first to report the agreement.

The 53-year-old Vogel spent last season with the Dallas Mavericks in the same role. Before that stint, he spent time as head coach of the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers. He coached LeBron James and the Lakers to the NBA title during the COVID-19-affected 2019-20 title in the league’s pandemic bubble. For his career, Vogel has a 480-422 overall regular-season record (.532 win percentage) and 49-43 playoff mark (.533 win percentage). Across a dozen seasons as a head coach, he’s led teams to winning records eight times.

Vogel will join the Warriors after a challenging 2025-26 season. Kerr, the winningest coach in Warriors history (604), wasn’t sure whether he’d return to Golden State after the team missed the playoffs for the second time in three years. In May, he signed a multiyear contract extension that’ll keep him with the Warriors through the 2027-28 season.

Golden State has had a busy offseason as it attempts one more title run with Stephen Curry in the fold. The Warriors have brought back Al Horford and Kristaps Porziņģis to contract extensions. They also drafted promising Michigan big man Yaxel Lendeborg at No. 11. The 6-foot-9 forward earned 2025-26 Big Ten Player of the Year and All-America first team honors while helping Michigan’s 2026 men’s national title team.