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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 ...
Erik, 53, is in his 16th season as the Heat’s head coach, helping to lead the franchise to six NBA finals appearances and two championships in 2012 and 2013 during his time at the helm.
The team played its home games at the Miami Arena until 2000, [4] and have played its home games at the American Airlines Arena since then. [5] The Heat is owned by Micky Arison. [6] There have been six head coaches for the Heat franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Ron Rothstein, who served for three seasons with the Heat.
Santiago Spoelstra, the 4-year-old son of Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, has been battling Burkitt lymphoma for months. On Thursday, he proudly rang the gold bell at Nicklaus Children’s ...
Riley was the head coach and team president for the Heat’s first NBA championship in 2006 before relinquishing those duties to Spoelstra in 2008. Riley was solely the team president for the Heat ...
Sundvold and wife Tamara are the parents of one son and two daughters and reside in the Columbia, Missouri area. [15] His son Wilson also attended MU and played on the golf team before joining Jon's firm. [16] [17] His daughter Caroline is a Mizzou alum and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
Observations from the Heat’s summer league blowout win over the Bucks in Las Vegas and a look at the change coming to Erik Spoelstra’s staff.
He also spent eight years as head basketball coach at Westminster Christian High School. [3] In 2005, he recorded his 400th high school coaching victory. During his tenure at Florida Christian, De La Grana also spent time as the school's Athletic Director (1990–95) and faculty Department Chair for Physical Education.