Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is the leading candidate and is expected to be named the head coach of USA Basketball’s men’s team for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2027 World Cup in Qatar, according to multiple reports .

A contract has yet to be signed and finalized, but could be before the month is out. Tim Reynolds at the Associated Press notes any deal would have to be approved by the USA Basketball board of directors, who are set to meet later in October.

Spoelstra would take over for Steve Kerr, who stepped away after the team won gold at the Paris Olympics, the fifth consecutive gold medal for the American men’s team. Spoelstra served as an assistant coach on Kerr’s staff in Paris and at the World Cup before that. Spoelstra had said previously he would be honor

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