Kerr, who won three titles as a coach with the Warriors and five as a player with Chicago Bulls, says that players who grew up playing football are better passers, make better decisions and are able to grasp tactical concepts easier.
"It (football) is so like Basketball. Players who played Soccer growing up - they're better passes," Kerr told .
"Steve Nash - unbelievable passer."
Nash grew up in Canada and played football until his late teens, he would go on to win two consecutive Most Valuable Player awards in the NBA and now is part owner of La Liga side Mallorca.
"Toni Kukoč was a beautiful passer... there is no question in my mind that he was influenced by football."
Kukoč, who played as a goalkeeper while growing up in Croatia, played with Kerr at Chicago where they won three NBA championships together between 1996 and 1998.
"They (basketball players who grew up playing football) understand the concept of triangles, they understand the concept of passing the ball and cutting behind the man defending, right?” Kerr said.
“That’s what football is: Finding angles, creating opportunities, creating scoring chances.
“If I were the czar of American basketball and I had to say, ‘all right, I’m in charge of youth basketball in America,’ I would make every player coming through the youth basketball program play football because it translates directly.
"The problem in basketball today [is] the young players are coming up and they just try to beat everybody one-on-one with the dribble.
"They’re unbelievably gifted dribbling the ball, but they don’t understand the pass and the move. Which is what football would teach them.”
Kerr also confirmed that he is a huge Liverpool fan, and takes inspiration from Jurgen Klopp in his own coaching.
