spoelstra

Erik Spoelstra. Hij staat op het punt om geschiedenis te schrijven. Een nederlandse naam in de NBA: hoofdcoach van Miami Heat. Als opvolger van een van mijn favoriete coaches (Pat Riley) heeft hij een strakke hand van coaching met zeer goede spelers als Bosch en natuurlijk LeBronJames.

He is the son of Dutch-Irish-American Jon Spoelstra, who was an NBA executive for the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves and New Jersey Nets,[3] and the grandson of the late Watson Spoelstra, a sportswriter in the Detroit area.[4] His mother, Elisa Celino, is from San Pablo, Laguna in the Philippines.[5][6] Spoelstra joined the Heat staff in 1995 as the team's video coordinator. After two years, he was named assistant coach/video coordinator, then promoted to assistant coach/advance scout in 1999. He became the assistant coach/director of scouting in 2001. Spoelstra was an assistant coach with the Miami Heat when they won the 2006 NBA Finals by defeating the Dallas Mavericks, overcoming a 0–2 deficit. In April 2008, Spoelstra was named successor to Pat Riley as head coach of the Miami Heat. In naming Spoelstra as head coach, Riley said: "This game is now about younger coaches who are technologically skilled, innovative, and bring fresh new ideas. That's what we feel we are getting with Erik Spoelstra. He's a man that was born to coach." Riley also noted: "A lot of players want the discipline; they will play [hard] for Spoelstra, because they respect him." Spoelstra coached the Heat to the NBA Finals in 2011 where they lost 4–2 against the Dallas Mavericks. On December 16, 2011, he received a contract extension.

source: wikipedia.