Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra along with Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni have been named the co-recipients of the inaugural Michael H. Goldberg NBA Coaches Association Coach of the Year award, the NBCA announced.
The NBCA credited Spoelstra with the Heat’s second-half turnaround, in which they went 30-11 in the final 41 games, including a 13-game win streak.
Through the leadership of Head Coach Erik Spoelstra, the Miami Heat finished the 2016-2017 regular season with 41 wins and a tie for 8th place in the Eastern Conference, missing the playoffs on a tie-breaker with the Chicago Bulls.