![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2205423877.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Head Coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators celebrates with the team after defeating the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship game at Bridgestone Arena on March 16, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. <\/p>\n
A plethora of potential replacements for Steve Kerr have emerged in recent days in light of the legendary coach\u2019s uncertain future with the Golden State Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the more surprising \u2013 and intriguing \u2013 names that has emerged<\/a> is University of Florida head coach Todd Golden.<\/p>\n Todd Golden Seemingly Shoots Down Idea of Leaving Florida to Coach Warriors<\/p>\n Golden has been the head coach in Florida since 2022, and he led the Gators to a National Title in 2025. As a result, he appears poised to take a step up to the professional ranks. However, that might not be what he\u2019s looking to do.<\/p>\n While speaking with media members, Golden seemingly shot down<\/a> Golden State\u2019s interest by expressing his intention to continue coaching at Florida.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m definitely planning on coaching the Gators,\u201d Golden said.<\/p>\n The initial report of Golden State\u2019s interest in Golden came from Kevin O\u2019Connor of Yahoo Sports<\/a>, who pointed to Golden\u2019s relationship with the Lacob family as a main factor in the Warriors\u2019 interest in the college coach.<\/p>\n From O\u2019Connor:<\/p>\n \u201cIf Steve Kerr leaves, the Warriors will pursue Florida Gators head coach Todd Golden, according to my league sources.<\/p>\n Golden is the coach that they\u2019re targeting, and that\u2019s in part because the Lacob family has a relationship with him. Golden was the head coach of the San Francisco Dons for three years before he went to Florida and won a national title there.<\/p>\n They, they\u2019ve been together. They\u2019ve, they\u2019ve had lunches together. Those guys know each other, and Golden is, is a very, very talented young head coach. And so, I think for the Warriors, Golden would be near the top of their list, if not at the top of the list.\u201d<\/p>\n Steve Kerr Expected to Make Decision in Near Future<\/p>\n Obviously, we\u2019re getting a little ahead of ourselves here, as it\u2019s not even a guarantee that the Warriors job will be open. There\u2019s certainly a possibility that Kerr could sign an extension with the Warriors and continue on in his current role. However, it definitely feels like things are trending towards his tenure in the Bay Area coming to an end.<\/p>\n Warriors star guard Draymond Green certainly seems to think so, at least. Green expressed some serious doubt<\/a> about Kerr\u2019s future in Golden State during a recent episode of his podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cSteph, myself, Steve shared a moment in what could be our last time playing with Steve as our coach. I\u2019m happy we got to share that moment. He didn\u2019t miss the moment. It was a big deal,\u201d Green said. \u201cI hope he\u2019s our coach next year. You want my opinion, I think not just because it just feels like that. It felt like that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n Kerr is expected to meet with Golden State\u2019s brass in the near future and make a decision regarding his future with the organization at that point in time. If the Warriors job actually becomes open, perhaps Golden will change his stance about wanting to continue his career in college, as opposed to the pros.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMichael Kaskey-Blomain<\/a> Michael Kaskey-Blomain is an experienced sports media member covering the NBA and NFL for Heavy. He has been in the industry for well over a decade with previous stops including the Philadelphia Inquirer and CBS Sports. Michael also serves as a Philadelphia 76ers reporter and insider for ESPN 97.3 and an NBA and NFL contributor for The Sporting News. More about Michael Kaskey-Blomain<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Warriors\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Head Coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators celebrates with the team after defeating the Tennessee Volunteers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,6,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-716080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-goldenstate","12":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116449968241259149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}