Overview
- Multiple outlets, citing reporting from Shams Charania, say USA Basketball plans to name the Miami Heat coach to lead the men’s national team.
- Associated Press sources say no formal agreement has been completed and no public announcement has been scheduled.
- A USA Basketball vote to finalize the selection is expected within about a week, according to the Sun Sentinel.
- Spoelstra would replace Steve Kerr after serving as his lead assistant for the 2024 Paris gold and on the 2023 World Cup staff.
- The assignment would span the 2027 FIBA World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with Spoelstra bringing two NBA titles and one of the league’s longest tenures.