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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. He is widely regarded ...
Pat Riley, having coached the Heat for eleven seasons in two stints, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (849), the most regular-season game wins (454), the most playoff games coached (50), and the most playoff-game wins (26); Erik Spoelstra is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning ...
In the 2007–08 season, Wade was plagued by injuries and the Heat had a league-worst 15–67 record. O'Neal was traded to Phoenix midway through the season. Riley resigned as head coach following the season but retained his position as team president. Long-time assistant Erik Spoelstra was promoted to head coach. A healthy Wade led the Heat to ...
Jon Spoelstra (born June 19, 1946) is an American author, sports marketer, and a former National Basketball Association (NBA) executive for the Buffalo Braves, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets. [1]
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.
Erik Spoelstra ^ Miami Heat (2012, 2013) 2008–present 16 1,277 750 527 .587 189 110 79 .582 [20] 1 Al Attles * Golden State Warriors : 1969 ...
Three of those coaches, Popovich, Al Attles and Erik Spoelstra, have spent their entire coaching career with one team. Popovich has coached 2,209 regular season games with the San Antonio Spurs in his 28-year career, Attles has coached 1,075 regular season games with the Warriors franchise in his 14-year career, and Spoelstra has coached 1,230 ...
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.