“Honor of life”

This time it’s official! Steve Kerr leaves his place Erik Spoelstrawhich will take the role of the main coach Team USA For World Cup 2027 and Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028.

Staff member of the US team from 2023. years and the first assistant of Steve Kerr during the Olympic Games of 2024. years, the heat strategy will have difficulty descending from its small cloud. It must be said that it has the opportunity to lead the choice of its country does not come every day. His appointment is a top prize for a great career who began thirty years ago, when he joined Pat Riley staff in Miami as a video analyst.

“It’s the honor of the rest of my life”, He samired at Associated Press. “I’m really grateful for this opportunity and be part of the American basketball program. The Olympics are incredible no matter where they are held, but they have the opportunity to play them on the domestic soil is simply extraordinary.”

His joy is equal to the responsibility he awaits him, as he will be at the top at the top on his soil on his soil, because it could be one of the largest Olympic tournaments in the history of discipline given to the competition that comes.

He will have to do at least like his predecessors, Bob Knight and Lenny Wilkens, who both won gold, or in Los Angeles in 1984. years and in Atlanta in 1996. years.

Thought for his mentor, Pat Riley

Erik Spoeststra will also have a fund thought for Pat Riley, his mentor, a basketball icon in Los Angeles, where he first worked as a player (from 1970. to 1976), and then the main coach (from 1981. until 1990).

“When he offered me one of the first people I thought it was Pat because I felt like at some point he was the main coach of the American program.”He continued. “And then my second thought was” Oh, it would take place in Los Angeles. “It’s Incredible, What A Coincidence! It’s also a way for me to pay it will be in Los Angeles, where he had so much success. None of this would have been happy with Pat, and I am the benefits of this opportunity. If i Hadn’t Been A Part Of The Heat And Worked for Pat All These Years, This Opportunity with Team USA Would Never Have Come. “

Missing adventure in Paris in summer 2024. She also played a role in their decision, because the epic story of Americans and their “avengers” is exceptional. For players and staff.

“My Children Still Talk About IT Today, The Victories and Celebrating The Victies When We Returned by Bus. When We Arrived In The Hotel Lobby, All the Families Were There To Cheer And Kiss All The Players And Staff. It Was Truly Priceless. And Then, To End The Evening in Style, We Offered Ice Cream to Our Children, It Was Simply Incredible “ He concludes Erik Spoelstra.