(1970-11-01) November 1, 1970 (age 53) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
Jesuit (Beaverton, Oregon)
College
Portland (1988–1992)
NBA draft
1992: undrafted
Playing career
1993–1995
Position
Point guard
Coaching career
1993–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1995
TuS Herten
As coach:
1993–1995
TuS Herten (assistant)
1997–2008
Miami Heat (assistant)
2008–present
Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
As player:
WCC Freshman of the Year (1989)
As head coach:
2× NBA champion (2012, 2013)
2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (2013, 2022)
NBCA Co-Coach of the Year (2017)
Top 15 Coaches in NBA History
As assistant coach:
NBA champion (2006)
Erik Jon Spoelstra (/ˈspoʊlstrə/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). Spoelstra is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the league and one of the greatest of all time.[3][4] He has won two NBA championships as the head coach of the Heat. A partially Filipino American, Spoelstra is the first partially Asian American head coach in the history of the four major North American sports leagues[5][6] and the first Asian American head coach to win an NBA title.[6]
Spoelstra played college basketball with the Portland Pilots before playing professionally and coaching in Germany. He served as assistant coach and director of scouting for the Heat from 2001 to 2008, during which time the team won the 2006 NBA Finals.[7] He was promoted to head coach in the 2008–09 season. The Heat have made six NBA Finals appearances during Spoelstra's tenure, winning consecutive championships in 2012 and 2013.
^Terrado, Reuben (August 2, 2012). "Pamahiin in Spo's family: Mom skipped Finals, for fear of jinxing Heat bid". SPIN.ph.
^Winderman, Ira (April 29, 2008). "Spoelstra has been around the game since childhood". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^"Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra Named to Top 15 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com.
^"Heat's improbable Finals run proves what we already knew: Erik Spoelstra is an all-time great NBA coach". May 31, 2023.
^Arnovitz, Kevin (February 13, 2012). "Erik Spoelstra Impressed By Jeremy Lin". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
^ abMedina, Andrei (June 22, 2012). "Fil-Am Coach Erik Spoelstra Steers Heat to Historic NBA Win". GMA News. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
^"Riley Steps Down, Spoelstra Named Head Coach". NBA.com. April 28, 2008. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
Erik Jon Spoelstra (/ˈspoʊlstrə/ SPOHL-strə; born November 1, 1970), nicknamed "Coach Spo", is an American professional basketball coach who is the head...
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nearly 30 years. His son Jon Spoelstra is a former National Basketball Association executive and his grandson ErikSpoelstra is the current head coach of...
active head coach has with his current team. Miami Heat head coach ErikSpoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach...
2000s. Riley remained team president, but was replaced as head coach by ErikSpoelstra. In 2010, the Heat signed reigning league MVP LeBron James and NBA All-Star...
most playoff games coached (50), and the most playoff-game wins (26); ErikSpoelstra is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest winning percentage...
com. Retrieved May 19, 2021. Aschburner, Steve (September 15, 2017). "ErikSpoelstra, Mike D'Antoni share inaugural NBCA Coach of Year Award". NBA.com. Retrieved...
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