- Source of Wealth: Professional basketball coach
- Age: 49
- Birth Place: Evanston, Illinois
- Full Name: Erik Spoelstra
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: November 1, 1970
- Ethnicity: Filipino, Dutch, Irish
- Occupation: Professional basketball coach
- Education: University of Portland (Degree in Communication)
American professional basketball coach, Erik Spoelstra, has an estimated net worth of $8 million. He is the current head coach of the National Basketball Association’s Miami Heat.
Erik was born on November 1, 1973 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. His father Jon Spoelstra, was an NBA executive for the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves and New Jersey Nets.
His grandfather is the late sportswriter Watson Spoelstra, and his mother Elisa Celino is a native of San Pablo, Laguna in the Philippines.
He is the first Filipino-American head coach in the NBA, as well as the first Filipino-American head coach of any North American professional sports team.
He started as the assistant coach/director of scouting for the Heat from 2001 until April 2008, when he was named as the new head coach replacing Pat Riley. Spoelstra has been a member of the Miami Heat since 1995, when he was the team’s video coordinator. He was raised in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Jesuit High School in 1988.
In 1992 he graduated from the University of Portland, where he was the Pilots’ starting point guard for four years. He has an impressive record, which includes leading the Heat to 148 wins and three playoff appearances, with a trip to the 2011 NBA Finals.