US EditionMiami's Erik Spoelstra says coaching 2028 Olympic basketball team will be 'honor of a lifetime'
Erik Spoelstra accepted the role after weighing family impacts and joins two previous coaches who led the U.S. men in home Olympics, USA Basketball said.
- On Tuesday, USA Basketball's board of directors approved Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat head coach, to lead the 2028 Olympic team in Los Angeles, calling it 'the honor of a lifetime.'
- Having been an assistant on the 2006 NBA championship team and head coach of the 2012 and 2013 Miami Heat titles, Spoelstra's USA Basketball experience built his Olympic pedigree.
- He becomes the first Heat coach to take the Olympic job and will join Bob Knight and Lenny Wilkens as U.S. men’s home-Olympics coaches in Los Angeles.
- The decision raises competitive expectations as the U.S. men's basketball team faces stiffer global competition after 17 Olympic titles and five consecutive Olympic gold medals, but the USOPC must still approve.
- Facing family considerations, Erik Spoelstra accepted the role after weighing travel demands for his three children and called it 'the honor of a lifetime,' earning praise from USA Basketball leaders.
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Erik Spoelstra named head coach of U.S. men’s national basketball team - Asian Journal News
Erik Spoelstra, newly appointed head coach of the U.S. men’s national basketball team, stands in a USA Basketball training shirt ahead of the 2027 FIBA World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (Photo courtesy of USA Basketball) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — USA Basketball has officially appointed Erik Spoelstra, longtime Miami Heat mentor and two-time NBA champion, as head coach of the U.S. men’s…
The Miami Heat coach takes over Team USA, succeeding Steve Kerr, whose assistant he was with the national team for the past two years.
The USA Basketball Association announced Tuesday that Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra will be the coach of the 17-time Olympic gold medalist team.
The Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was named on Tuesday as a U.S. men's team coach until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, by the American Basketball Federation.
Fil-Am Erik Spoelstra named USA men's basketball head coach until 2028
Miami Heat boss Erik Spoelstra has been appointed head coach of the United States men’s national team through to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, USA Basketball said on Tuesday, October 14 (Wednesday, October 15, Manila time). Spoelstra, who led Miami to back-to-back NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, was assistant coach of the US men’s team which won gold at last year’s Paris Games. The 54-year-old was also an assistant coach to Steve Kerr at…
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