<p>SALT LAKE CITY — When the NBA's list of the top 15 coaches of all time was released Tuesday, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said it was "shocking" to see his name on it.</p><p>Kerr, who has won three championships and taken his team to the Finals four times in eight seasons with Golden State, was one of four active coaches to earn the honor, which was decided by a voting panel of all 30 current head coaches and 13 more former head men.</p><p>"I didn't anticipate that," Kerr said Wednesday before tipoff against the Utah Jazz. "It was very humbling and an incredible honor to see my name on that list. But I also know it's a direct result of having incredible talent on our roster. If you look at that list, pretty much every coach would agree the reason they're on there is because they were blessed with great talent and then were able to have success."</p><p>With eight seasons under his belt, Kerr is the most junior of all of the coaches on the list, but his .696 winning percentage is second only to Phil Jackson and his three NBA championships are more than all but four others: Jackson (11), Red Auerbach (9), Pat Riley (5), Gregg Popovich (5).</p><p>Popovich, Philadelphia's Doc Rivers and Miami's Erik Spoelstra were the only other active coaches to make the list.</p><p>One of the strangest aspects for Kerr was being honored alongside three coaches for whom he was a player: primarily Jackson during the Bulls' dynastic run in the 1990s but also Popovich in San Antonio and, first, Lenny Wilkens during three of his first four seasons.</p><p>Kerr was thinking about a future in coaching all the way back then, he said.</p><p>But the time wasn't right until, at age 49, he accepted the head job with Golden State, kicking off the most dominant stretch of basketball since those Bulls teams of the 1990s.</p><p></p><p>"I knew it was something I wanted to do but was kind of waiting until my kids grew up and were out of the house because I got into it," Kerr said. "When I was a GM (in Phoenix), I did not enjoy it, but I loved the competition. I wanted to be with the players on the court, in the action, rather than upstairs. I always sort of thought – when I was playing actually – I thought I wanted to coach. It seemed like something that I would enjoy. It always attracted me. Just my life didn't allow for it, with family and where I was in my life. Once it became a possibility, it made perfect sense for me. ...</p><p>My main thought is just how lucky I was to land with the Warriors for my first coaching job.</p>