It looks like the USA Men’s basketball team have found their next head coach.
As per reporting from ESPN Insider Shams Charania, the Miami Heat’s Erik Spoelstra is expected to take over from Steve Kerr as the next head coach of USA Men’s basketball.
Just in: USA Basketball is expected to name Erik Spoelstra as the new head coach of the men's national team, sources tell ESPN. Spoelstra succeeds Steve Kerr for the next World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics after serving as a lead assistant on Team USA's 2024 gold medal squad. pic.twitter.com/eApR2LsXeB
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 9, 2025
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Spoelstra has won two NBA championships in 2012 and 2013 as the head coach of Miami, and he was also a lead assistant under Kerr during Team USA’s gold medal run in the 2024 Paris Olympics where they defeated France in the final.
He is now expected to lead the United States at the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Qatar and at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The accolades and pedigree of Spoelstra’s coaching career speak for themselves. No other current head coach in the NBA today has had a longer tenure than Spoelstra, who ranks fifth all time for victories in the NBA Playoffs.
Oct 8, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra directs his team during the second half against the San Antonio Spurs at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images
After starting out with the Heat as a video coordinator, Spoelstra now stands as the head coach with the most number of wins in the history of the Miami Heat organization, whom he has taken to the Finals on six occasions.
With the winning culture he has developed in South Florida, the USA Basketball program are set to hand Spoelstra the task of guiding the Men’s national side to their sixth gold medal in a row at the next Olympics.
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