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Miami'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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Basketball-Miami’s Spoelstra named USA men’s team head coach until 2028
(Reuters) -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. Spoelstra, who led Miami to back-to-back NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, was assistant coach of the U.S. 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 the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup, wher…
USA Basketball names Heat’s Spoelstra as coach through 2028
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was named head coach of the US men's team through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on Tuesday by USA Basketball. American teams of NBA stars have won the past five Olympic gold medals, giving the US men 17 Olympic titles in all as well as five FIBA World Cup
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