PRIORITY SPORTS SPEAKERS
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Kurt Warner
National Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
Retired NFL Player
Current NFL Network & Westwood One Analyst
College: University of Northern Iowa
Accolades:
Super Bowl Champion (XXXIV) | Super Bowl MVP (XXXIV) | 2× NFL Most Valuable Player (1999, 2001) | Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2008) | 2× First-team All-Pro (1999, 2001) | 4× Pro Bowl (1999–2001, 2008) | 2× NFL Passing Touchdowns
Leader (1999, 2001) | 3× NFL Completion Percentage Leader (1999–2001) | 2× NFL Passer Rating Leader (1999, 2001) | NFL Passing Yards Leader (2001) | Bert Bell Award (1999) | Bart Starr Award (2010) | Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor
Notes:
Kurt Warner, though undrafted, had an incredible NFL career. He led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory, was named Super Bowl MVP, won NFL MVP in back-to-back seasons, was a 2x First-team All-Pro, and was selected to the Pro Bowl four times.
He joined Westwood One’s broadcast booth full-time in 2018 as the Lead Color Analyst for both Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl.
His success carries over from the gridiron as he is extremely dedicated to giving back to the community. As a man of his faith, Kurt and his wife Brenda, established the First Things First Foundation, a non-profit public charity dedicated to impacting lives by promoting Christian values and blessing the lives of those less fortunate. Kurt and Brenda, inspired by their son Zachary, also started Treasure House, a supportive living community for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
His philanthropy efforts earned him the 2008 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, the 2008 Good Guy Award from the Pro Football Writers Association, USA WEEKEND’s Most Caring Athlete in 2009, and the 2010 Bart Starr Award. Inspired by the galvanizing story of Kurt’s life and how he overcame several obstacles in his career, the movie, American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, debuted in theaters on December 25th, 2021.
Books: First Things First, All Things Possible
Topics: Athletes, Broadcasting, Disabilities, Faith, Family, Leadership, Motivation, Perseverance, Teamwork
Links: American Underdog Movie Trailer (2021), A Profile in Character – Moderated Q&A (2022), Players’ Tribune “Player Evolution” (2019), HOF Speech (2017), NFL Films The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (2010)
Steve Kerr
Golden State Warriors Head Coach
Former USA Men’s National Team Head Coach
Retired NBA Player
9x NBA Champion
College: University of Arizona
Accolades:
As Player: 5× NBA champion (1996–1999, 2003) | NBA Three-Point Contest Champion (1997) | Second-team All-American – AP (1988)| Third-team All-American – NABC (1988) | 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1986, 1988) | No. 25 retired by Arizona
As Coach: Gold Medal Team USA Coach at Paris Olympics (2024) | 4× NBA champion (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) | NBA Coach of the Year (2016) | 2× NBA All-Star Game Head Coach (2015, 2017)
Notes:
Currently the head coach of the Golden State Warriors and USA Basketball Men’s National Team, Steve Kerr has had a more-than successful career.
He’s an 9x NBA champion (5 from his 15-year playing career and 4 so far as a coach) and head coach of the Gold Medal Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Gold Medal.
Through just nine NBA seasons as head Coach, Kerr is already first in all-time wins in franchise history. He was also awarded the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 2016.
As part of the NBA 75th anniversary celebrations in 2022, Kerr was named one of the greatest 15 NBA coaches of all time.
Although Steve earns a lot of praise on the court, he’s also earned a lot off the court. He chooses to donate all proceeds from his speaking engagements and marketing deals towards causes that he is passionate about – the East Bay College Fund which he created in honor of his father, Dr. Malcolm Kerr, the African American Initiative at University of California, Berkeley, and the Warriors Community Fund to name a few. Additionally, Steve donated $1 million to assist with renovations towards the McKale Memorial Center and future academic facilities at his alma mater, the University of Arizona. Recently, Steve was an executive producer on the 2026 Oscar winner for best short documentary called “All the Empty Rooms.”
In addition to giving back to the community, Steve also speaks about what he believes in and played a significant role in voicing the importance of gun control in America. Most recently, he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago sharing his thoughts on leadership and compassion.
Topics: Athletes, Broadcasting, Coaching, Gun Control, Human Rights, Leadership, Motivation, Perseverance, Political Advocacy, Statistics, Teamwork
Links: Dialogues for Democracy: Steve Kerr hosted by David Axelrod, DNC Speech (2024), Stanford Graduate School of Business Q&A (2021), Pepperdine Dean’s Executive Leadership Series (2017), 60 Minutes (2019)
