Erik Spoelstra · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Key facts
- Title
- Head coach
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1970-11-01 ) November 1, 1970 (age 55) , Evanston, Illinois , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- High school
- Jesuit ( Beaverton, Oregon )
- College
- Portland (1988–1992)
- Nba draft
- 1992 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 1993–1995
- Position
- Point guard
- Coaching career
- 1993–present
- 1993 1995
- TuS Herten
- 1997 2008
- Miami Heat (assistant)
- 2008 present
- Miami Heat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Evanston
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- University of Portland
- Political party
- independent voter
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- www.erikspoelstra.com
- Image
- Erik Spoelstra 2022 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- Miami
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- Commons category
- Erik Spoelstra
- date of birth
- 1970-11-01
- end of work period
- 1995-00-00
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Erik Jon Spoelstra (/ˈspoʊlstrə/ SPOHL-strə; born November 1, 1970), is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the U.S. national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time, he has won three NBA championships with the Heat, including two as the team's head coach.
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. Spoelstra was promoted to head coach in the 2008–09 season. The Heat have made six NBA Finals appearances during his tenure, winning consecutive championships in 2012 and 2013.
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