{"id":213553,"date":"2025-10-14T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213553\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:38:10","slug":"heats-erik-spoelstra-humbled-and-grateful-to-be-usa-basketball-hc-for-2028-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213553\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat&#8217;s Erik Spoelstra &#8216;Humbled and Grateful&#8217; to Be USA Basketball HC for 2028 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Team USA basketball has named its head coach for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Erik Spoelstra, the long-time coach of the Miami Heat, will replace Steve Kerr as head coach after serving as a lead assistant on his staff in 2024. It was first <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25258828-erik-spoelstra-reportedly-replacing-steve-kerr-usa-basketball-head-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">reported<\/a> that Spoelstra would take over head coaching duties last week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Everyone in this business wants to be a part of Team USA, the legacy and history of the program is the ultimate in the sport and I&#8217;m both humbled and grateful,&#8221; Spoelstra said, per ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46593132\/erik-spoelstra-team-usa-coaching-nod-makes-feel-alive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Brian Windhorst<\/a>. &#8220;Competing on the world stage is so stimulating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<br \/>Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the &#8220;source preferences&#8221; page <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=bleacherreport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>.<br \/>For more from Bleacher Report, check out our <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/br.app.link\/RmoyZixP3xb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">B\/R app<\/a>, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bleacherreport.com\/?utm_source=webdva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">homepage<\/a> and social feeds\u2014including <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bleacherreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bleacherreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bleacherreport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TikTok<\/a> and <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BleacherReport\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA basketball has named its head coach for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 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