Erik Jon Spoelstra, 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. 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 and the first Asian American head coach to win an NBA title.
Spoelstra before the 2022 NBA All-Star Game
Spoelstra presents President Barack Obama a team trophy in January 2014.
Spoelstra (in front) during the 2012 playoffs
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The club plays its home games at Kaseya Center, and has won three NBA championships.
Jimmy Butler led the Heat during deep playoff runs in the early 2020s.
Miami Heat championship banners
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