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Erik Jon Spoelstra (/ ˈ s p oʊ l s t r ə / SPOHL-strə; born November 1, 1970), [1] [2] nicknamed "Coach Spo", is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and an assistant coach for the United States men's national basketball team.
Spoelstra is also just the third head coach in NBA history to coach 1,000-plus games with only one team, joining Popovich and Al Attles with the Golden State Warriors.
Pat Riley coached the Heat to the NBA championship in the 2006 NBA Finals. Stan Van Gundy coached the Heat to the Conference Finals in 2005. Erik Spoelstra coached the Heat to two NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, as well as Conference Championships in 2011, 2014, 2020, and 2023.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) ... Erik Spoelstra ^ Miami Heat (2012, 2013) 2008–present 16 1,277 750 527 .587 189 110 79 .582 [20] 1
The deal is the largest in NBA history by total value. ... Heat coach Erik Spoelstra reportedly agrees to record 8-year, $120 million contract extension. Jack Baer. January 9, 2024 at 9:57 PM ...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra started out as the team’s video coordinator in 1995; almost 30 years later, he has reportedly agreed to sign one of the biggest contracts in North American ...
Spoelstra — whose father, Jon Spoelstra, was an NBA executive with Portland, Denver and New Jersey — was a standout high school guard in Oregon, then played at the University of Portland ...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.