Report: Spoelstra to replace Kerr as Team USA head coach

MACAU, China — Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is set to be named the new head coach of Team USA, ESPN’s Shams Charania said in a report.

Charania, ESPN’s senior NBA insider, said that Spoelstra will be taking the helm of the No. 1 basketball team in the world for the next FIBA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.

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

The Heat mentor will be replacing Steve Kerr.

Spoelstra, who has Filipino blood, served as a lead assistant on Team USA’s 2024 Olympic gold medal squad.

Team USA missed the podium in the 2023 FIBA World Cup after falling against eventual World Cup champion Germany in the semifinals. The Americans also absorbed a 127-118 overtime loss  Canada in the bronze medal match.

But the USA completed a five-peat of Olympic gold medals after ruling the Paris edition of the Games.

Now, Spoelstra, who started off as a video coordinator with the Heat in 1995 before being the head coach of the team in 2008, will be calling the shots for the basketball superpower.

He has won two championships with the Heat – a back-to-back with the big three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh leading the way. He steered Miami back to the finals after a few years with Jimmy Butler in the forefront.