Steve Kerr Parents: Who are Steve Kerr’s parents?

Steve Kerr is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Steve is an eight-time NBA champion, and won five titles as a player (three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs) as well as three with the Warriors as a head coach.

Steve was born in Beirut, Lebanon on September 27, 1965 to Malcolm H. Kerr, an American academic who specialized in the Middle East, and Ann (Zwicker).

Steve’s dad Malcom was killed by members of the Shia Lebanese militia known as the Islamic Jihad on the morning of January 18, 1984, at the age of 52 while he was serving as president of the American University of Beirut.

Malcom was shot twice in the back of his head, by gunmen who were using suppressed handguns, in the hallway outside his office.

At the time, Steve was 18 years and a college freshman.

Regarding his father’s death, Steve has said:

“Before my father was killed, my life was impenetrable. Bad things happened to other people.”

The Kerr family sued the Iranian government under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.