Warriors hire Vogel as associate head coach under Kerr
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- Golden State Warriors agreed to hire Frank Vogel as associate head coach under Steve Kerr, filling the void left by the departing Terry Stotts.
- Vogel, 53, has been a head coach for four franchises over 12 seasons, including leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 NBA championship and the Indiana Pacers to conference finals in 2013 and 2014.
- Vogel's most recent head coaching stop was a one-year run in Phoenix during 2023-24, ending with a 49-33 record and a first-round sweep by Minnesota.
- Vogel spent the past two seasons with Dallas, beginning as a consultant before moving to the front of the bench in 2024-25.
- Stackhouse and Chris DeMarco both departed the Warriors this offseason — DeMarco in January to become head coach of the New York Liberty — leaving three top assistants gone in months.
- Vogel is expected to step into a primary role in defensive game-planning, the area Stackhouse and DeMarco led the previous two seasons.
Why it matters: Kerr is handing the defensive playbook — previously owned by Stackhouse and DeMarco — to a coach with 12 years of head-coaching experience and a 2020 championship on his resume, replacing three departed assistants with one high-profile veteran rather than promoting from within.
