Erik Jon Spoelstra ( ; born November 1, 1970) is an American professional

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for the

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of the

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(NBA). He has won two

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s as the head coach of the Heat. A

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, Spoelstra is the first

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head coach in the history of the four major North American sports leagues and the first Asian-American head coach to win an NBA title. Spoelstra played

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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

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. He was promoted to head coach in the 2008-09 season. Following the addition of free agents

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and

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in 2010, the Heat made four consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2011–2014) under Spoelstra, winning the championship in

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and

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. Spoelstra made his fifth appearance in the NBA Finals as head coach in

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Early life and education

Spoelstra was born in

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, to Jon Spoelstra and Elisa Celino. Jon is Dutch-Irish-American and a former NBA executive of the

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, and

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. Elisa is a native of

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, Philippines. Spoelstra is also the grandson of

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, a long-time sportswriter for ''

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''. He spent his childhood in

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, before moving to

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by the late 1970s. He attended Raleigh Hills Elementary and Whitford Jr. High School in Portland, before attending Jesuit High School in

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, where he excelled at

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on the basketball team. He wore number 30 during high school and college in honor of then- Trail Blazer

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, one of his favorite NBA players. Before his senior year, Spoelstra participated in

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All-Star camp in

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, alongside future NBA players

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, and

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College career

Spoelstra received basketball scholarship offers, and eventually accepted one from the University of Portland in his hometown. In 1989, he was named

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(WCC) freshman of the year. Spoelstra was the Pilots' starting

for four years, averaging 9.2 points, 4.4 assists, and 2.4 rebounds per game. He is a member of the school's 1,000-point club, and is among the Pilots' career leaders in several statistical categories. During a 1990 WCC basketball tournament game against

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, Spoelstra was on the court standing just a couple of yards away from

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when Gathers collapsed and later died of a heart condition. Spoelstra graduated from the University of Portland in 1992 with a degree in communications.

Professional career

TuS Herten (1993–1995)

After graduating from the University of Portland with a communications degree, Spoelstra boxed shoes at a

warehouse. He then spent two years (1993–1995) in Basketball Bundesliga's second division as a player–assistant coach for TuS Herten, a professional basketball club based in

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, Germany. It was in this setting where Spoelstra got his first coaching job, as coach of the club's local youth team. He began having back problems after the end of his second year with the team, and contemplated having surgery. In 1995, Spoelstra was offered another two-year contract with the club, but the NBA's

also offered him a position. Although both offers held appeal, he chose to take the Heat position.

Coaching career

Miami Heat (1997–present)

Assistant coach (1997–2008)

Roya Vaziri, then the director of player personnel for the Heat, convinced then general manager

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to offer Spoelstra a position with the team. Spoelstra was hired as the Heat's video coordinator in 1995, although at first he was not promised the position past the summer of that year.

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was named the Heat's head coach not long after Spoelstra's hiring. Erik's father, Jon Spoelstra, said, "Contractually, Riley wasn’t allowed to bring in his video guy, otherwise, Erik would have been out of a job right then." After two years as video coordinator, he then served two years as an assistant coach/video coordinator. Spoelstra was promoted to assistant coach/advance scout in 1999, and later became the Heat's assistant coach/director of scouting in 2001. Many of Spoelstra's colleagues attribute his ascent in the Heat coaching ranks to his strong work ethic. As an assistant coach, he was credited for improving Heat star

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's balance and jump shot after Wade's return from the

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. Spoelstra won his first NBA championship as an assistant coach when the Miami Heat defeated the

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in the 2006 NBA Finals.

Head coach promotion and struggles (2008–2011)

Spoelstra presents President Obama the team trophy

In April 2008, Spoelstra became the head coach of the Miami Heat after Pat Riley's decision to step down. Spoelstra was Riley's hand-picked successor. In naming Spoelstra as head coach, Riley said: "This game is now about younger coaches who are technologically skilled, innovative, and bring fresh new ideas. That's what we feel we are getting with Erik Spoelstra. He's a man that was born to coach." Spoelstra became the first ever

NBA head coach, and the first Asian-American head coach in the history of the four major North American sports leagues. He led the Heat to the NBA Playoffs in his first year as head coach, despite the team's league worst record of 15-67 the previous season. The Heat, however, were defeated in seven games by the

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in the first round. Spoelstra's team once again reached the postseason the following season, but again lost in the first round to the

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in five games. Expectations of the team's success were raised significantly for the next season and beyond, after the free agent acquisitions of

and

in the summer of 2010. After the team started off the 2010–11 season with a 9–8 record, some Heat players reportedly were "frustrated" with Spoelstra, and questioned if he should remain their head coach. Chris Bosh intimated that the team was being worked too hard and that the players would rather "chill". LeBron James famously bumped into Spoelstra on his way to the bench during a timeout in a game. These two issues, coupled with the relatively poor start to the season, put Spoelstra on the coaching hot seat. The team bounced-back, however, and made the playoffs while posting the second best record in the Eastern Conference. Spoelstra led the Heat to an appearance in the

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, but lost to the

in six games. After Spoelstra failed to win a championship during his first season as head coach of the "big three" (James, Wade and Bosh), Heat executive Pat Riley was asked if he would consider returning to coach the team. Riley, however, turned down the idea and supported Spoelstra as the head coach going forward. Spoelstra received a $6 million contract extension in December 2011 which lasted through the 2013–14 NBA season.

Back-to-back championship run (2011–2013)

The following season, Spoelstra again guided the team to the postseason as the two seed. The Heat overcame a 2–1 game deficit against the

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in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, and a 3–2 game deficit against the

in the Eastern Conference finals to reach the

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despite an injury to starter Chris Bosh that forced him to miss nine straight games. Spoelstra's Heat defeated the

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in five games to win the NBA championship. He became the first Asian-American head coach to win an NBA championship, and the second Heat head coach to win the title. He also became the only Miami Heat head coach to take the team to the NBA Finals multiple times. During the 2012–13 season, Spoelstra was selected as head coach of the 2013 Eastern Conference All-Stars in the

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, with the Heat holding the best record in the Eastern Conference at the time of selection. He later coached the Heat to a 27-game winning streak ( third longest in NBA history). It started with a 100–85 win over the

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on February 3, 2013, and ended with a 97–101 loss to the

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on March 27, 2013. The team made the playoffs as the one seed while posting the best overall NBA regular season record. After sweeping the

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in the first round, the Heat won a seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, and advanced to face the

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in the

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. The Heat defeated the Spurs in seven games and became the first team to win two straight titles since the 2009–2010

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. Spoelstra also became the eighth coach to lead his team to two straight championships.

Later years (2013–present)

On September 29, 2013, the Heat extended Spoelstra's contract to an undisclosed multi-year deal. Details were not released, but Spoelstra was expected to receive a pay raise and a bigger role in the front office. Spoelstra led the Heat to the

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, becoming the third coach to lead his team to four straight Finals. The Heat faced the San Antonio Spurs once again, only this time losing the series in five games. On December 16, 2017, Spoelstra got his 455th win as the head coach of the Heat and passed Riley for most wins in franchise history, when they defeated the

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90–85. Topping off the 2016–17 season, Spoelstra was named the NBCA Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Heat to a 30 win record in the final 41 games of the season. During the 2019–20 season, Spoelstra had again coached the Heat back to the 2020 NBA Finals before falling 4–2 to the Los Angeles Lakers. On April 28, 2021, Spoelstra earned his 600th win as the Heat's head coach, and also became the sixth head coach in NBA history to win 600 games with one team. On February 6, 2022, Spoelstra was named as the Eastern Conference head coach for the

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Personal life

On September 17, 2015, Spoelstra announced his engagement to former Miami Heat cheerleader, Nikki Sapp. They married on July 22, 2016 and have two sons and one daughter together.

Head coaching record

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References

External links

*Rafe Bartholomew
"Spoelstra in the Philippines"
Grantland.com, September 28, 2011. *Kevin Arnovitz
"The book on Erik Spoelstra"
ESPN.com, May 30, 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Spoelstra, Erik 1970 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players American people of Dutch descent American people of Irish descent American sportspeople of Filipino descent Basketball coaches from Illinois Basketball coaches from New York (state) Basketball coaches from Oregon Basketball players from Illinois Basketball players from Buffalo, New York Basketball players from Portland, Oregon Filipino men's basketball players Jesuit High School (Beaverton, Oregon) alumni Miami Heat assistant coaches Miami Heat head coaches National Basketball Association championship-winning head coaches Point guards Portland Pilots men's basketball players Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon