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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Steve Kerr will take over the Warriors, who had a 51-31 record this season. (Gary Dineen/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBA analyst and former Phoenix Suns general manager Steve Kerr has accepted a five-year contract with the Golden State Warriors worth $25 million, according to David Aldridge of TNT.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kerr was the top candidate for the Warriors and New York Knicks coaching vacancies and was believed to be close to signing a deal with the Knicks this week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was reported on Tuesday that the Warriors were making a final push to sway Kerr with a meeting in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAHONEY: Pistons hire Stan Van Gundy as coach, president&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kerr has no previous coaching experience but served as general manager\u00A0of the Phoenix Suns from 2007-10.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Warriors fired head coach Mark Jackson earlier this month after a first-round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stunner: Steve Kerr spurns the Knicks, accepts Warriors' head coach job. Story coming on http://t.co/tv9kc59jsI.\n\u2014 David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) May 15, 2014&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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