Erik Spoelstra
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| Full name | Erik Jon Spoelstra | |
| birthday | 1st November 1970 (age 49) | |
| place of birth | Evanston , Illinois , United States | |
| position | Point guard | |
| college | University of Portland (1988–1992) | |
| NBA draft | 1992 , undrafted | |
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1997–2008 Miami Heat (assistant coach) Since 2008 Miami Heat
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Erik Jon Spoelstra (born November 1, 1970 in Evanston ) is an American basketball coach. Since 2008 he has been the head coach of the Miami Heat .
Career
player
After graduating from high school in 1988, Spoelstra studied at the University of Portland and played basketball for the university team, the Portland Pirates . For the Pirates he was on the starting grid as point guard for three years . In the university's all-time best lists, he achieved a top position in several statistical categories: He is third in the assists (488), shared third place in the three-point throws (156) and sixth in the throw rates for three-point throws (38.4%) and free throws (82.4%).
After college, Spoelstra went to Germany and played for TuS Herten / Herten Ruhr Devils (predecessor club of the Hertener Löwen ) in the 2nd Bundesliga North for two years .
assistant
Spoelstra ended his active career in 1995. The Miami Heat hired him in 1995 as a video coordinator, he evaluated the recordings of the games and edited video material for the head coach. Two years later he was accepted into the coaching staff as an assistant coach and in 1999 he was promoted from video officer to scout . Two years later he was promoted to the team's chief scout .
Head coach
The 37-year-old Spoelstra became head coach in April 2008: After a catastrophic season with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses, Pat Riley resigned as head coach, retired to the post of general manager and appointed Spoelstra assistant coach as his successor.
In his first season as head coach, Spoelstra led the Miami Heat into the playoffs with a season record of 43:39, where the team lost 4-3 to the Atlanta Hawks in the first round . In the 2009/10 season , the playoffs again succeeded, this time with a season record of 47:35. Against the eventual runner-up Boston Celtics , the team was eliminated in the first playoff round with 1: 4.
The following season , the first with Chris Bosh and LeBron James , who together with Dwyane Wade form Miami's "Big Three" (similar to Boston's "Big Three" Ray Allen , Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce ), Spoelstra's team was able to reach the NBA Finals Move in 2011 . There the Heat were defeated by the Dallas Mavericks 4-2. In 2012, his team again made it to the NBA Finals. The Miami Heat won the series 4-1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, giving Spoelstra his first NBA championship as head coach.
The following year, Spoelstra led his team to a winning streak of 27 games in a row. This represents the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The NBA championship was successfully defended by a 4: 3 victory in the 2013 NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs. In 2014, the Spurs took revenge in the NBA final, which Spoelstra lost the final. After LeBron James left the Heat in the summer of 2014, the playoffs were missed for the first time in years in 2015.
Personal
Spoelstra, son of a Dutch-Irish father and a Filipino mother, grew up in Portland ( Oregon ). His father Jon Spoelstra worked as general manager for the Portland Trail Blazers , Denver Nuggets , Buffalo Braves and the New Jersey Nets .
Web links
- Profile on NBA.com
- From the provinces to basketball heaven: Coach Spoelstra lives the "American Dream"
- Erik Spoelstra - player profile on basketball-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Former UP Standout Erik Spoelstra Named Miami Heat Head Coach ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 16, 2010
- ↑ Miami's greetings to Herten on spox.com, accessed October 16, 2010
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Head Coach: Erik Spoelstra
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| SURNAME | Spoelstra, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spoelstra, Erik Jon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evanston , Illinois , USA |