Steve Kerr is basketball's Forrest Gump

Steve Kerr has packed three lifetimes of experiences into his 51 years orbiting the sun. The Golden State Warriors head coach was never a superstar as a player, but he always seemed to find a way to land smack-dab in the middle of basketball history.

Like the titular character played by Tom Hanks in 1994's "Forrest Gump," Kerr continues to be in the right place at the right time. Let's take a look back at Kerr's scrapbook to date.

Arizona Wildcats

Kerr played four years for Lute Olson's Wildcats squads from 1985-88, being joined for the final three seasons by Wooden Award winner - and future Spurs teammate - Sean Elliott to form a solid one-two punch.

Though Arizona has now been a fixture in the NCAA tournament for decades, the Wildcats hadn't been in the tournament since 1975 when Kerr came to town. They went on to make the tournament in all four of his collegiate seasons, capping his amateur days with the school's first Final Four appearance and Pac-10 championship in 1988.

Suns Round 1

Most players selected late in the second round amount to little more than pieces of trivia and Kerr's humble beginnings as a rookie for the 1988-89 Phoenix Suns were inauspicious.

He averaged just six minutes a game in 26 appearances, unable to crack the rotation of a 56-win Suns team that had a number of big-name players, including Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson. Kerr would be traded for a second-round pick after one year.

Breaking out ... on the Cavaliers?

Kerr would immediately begin playing a larger role with the Cavaliers, averaging over 21 minutes in 78 games. He would enjoy three and a half solid seasons in Cleveland, emerging as shooting specialist off the bench.

The '90s Cavs would reach their peak in 1992. Led by All-Stars Mark Price and Brad Daugherty, they would ultimately lose in six games to the Bulls and some guy named Michael in the Eastern Conference finals.

Pit stop: Shaq's rookie season

Halfway through year four with Cleveland, the team would ship Kerr to Orlando for a second-round pick, where he would join 20-year-old rookie Shaquille O'Neal. The Magic would miss the playoffs and Kerr would become a free agent.

Jordan's Bulls

Chicago must've liked what they'd seen a year earlier, because Kerr would be snatched up by the Bulls and go on to average over 23 minutes per game over the next five seasons as a crucial role player.

Unfortunately, Michael Jordan was trying to hack it as a minor league baseball player in Birmingham, Ala., during the 1993-94 season, and would miss all but 17 games in the next season.

It would be worth the wait for His Airness.

The 1995-96 season would produce a then-record 72-10 regular season mark and Kerr would win his first of three consecutive NBA championships alongside Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Toni Kukoc.

Of note, Kerr would clinch the second of those Finals victories with the biggest shot of his career, nailing the jumper to bury the Utah Jazz in Game 6. It didn't hurt that he got some extra shots on net in 1997, winning the 3-point contest at the All-Star weekend that year.

Duncan's Spurs

For a late draft pick and career role player, Kerr could've called it a day and probably still never have to pay for a meal in either Arizona or Chicago ever again. But that's like retiring and never going on to found a shrimp boat empire in honor of your friend Bubba.

So Kerr signed with the San Antonio Spurs, then anchored by a second-year Tim Duncan and veteran superstar David Robinson.

To that point, the organization had a whopping zero titles to its name, and the Admiral was on the wrong side of 30. That would all change in 1999, when the Spurs won their first title, beating the Patrick Ewing-less Knicks in five games.

Kerr would stay with the Spurs until 2001, when he was traded with Derrick Anderson and a second-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers. He would return to San Antonio for his final pro season - and his fifth title as a player.

Pit stop: The 'Jail Blazers'

Wait, Steve Kerr played for the Trail Blazers? Those Trail Blazers? Absolutely.

The "Jail Blazers" team in 2001-02 looks like the reference list for a poster series of basketball anti-heroes. It had everyone: Rasheed Wallace, Scottie Pippen, 'Mighty Mouse' Damon Stoudamire, rookie Zach Randolph, Shawn Kemp, Bonzi Wells, Ruben "Kobe Stopper" Patterson, and yes, Steve Kerr.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in that locker room (or a Portland-area nightclub).

Suns Round 2: '7 Seconds or Less'

After his playing days concluded, Kerr would eventually become the general manager of the team that drafted him nearly two decades prior.

With two-time MVP Steve Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire in tow, Kerr would alter the course of the Suns by trading Shawn Marion for an old teammate: Shaq.

The Big Cactus didn't gel with the Suns' uptempo style, leading to his trade season and a half later to the Cavs. At least NBA fans got a couple of moments to nerd out over, like Nash nutmegging Andrew Bynum for a Shaq flush.

Kerr would step down as Suns GM during the 2010 offseason, but it's easy to see how his time playing with the Spurs and being the GM of Mike D'Antoni's Suns led to his next project.

The Warriors come out to play

And here we are. After three seasons at the helm of the Warriors, Kerr holds the all-time best winning percentages as a coach for both the regular season (.841) and playoffs (.758). For his efforts in year two, where the Dubs went 73-9 and broke the record set by Kerr's own 1995-96 Bulls, Kerr was named coach of the year.

Life really has been like a box of chocolates for Steve Kerr.

Through it all, Kerr played with a half-dozen Hall of Famers, including some of the biggest names in NBA history. He's coached and curated playoff and Finals-bound rosters from the front office and the bench. He's inextricably tied to an absurd number of iconic teams, plays, and moments from the past three decades.

Only five men have coached three or more champions; all of them are currently in the Hall of Fame, or named Gregg Popovich. For his overall body of work, Steve Kerr could very well join them when all is said and done.