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Erik Spoelstra

1970 - Today

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Erik Jon Spoelstra ( SPOHL-strə; born November 1, 1970), nicknamed "Coach Spo", is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Spoelstra is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the league and one of the greatest of all time. He has won two NBA championships as the head coach of the Heat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Spoelstra has received more than 4,840,766 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Erik Spoelstra is the 301st most popular basketball player (up from 345th in 2019), the 11,573rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,840th in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Erik Spoelstras by language

Over the past year Erik Spoelstra has had the most page views in the with 1,499,124 views, followed by Spanish (65,141), and Italian (34,406). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (262.91%), Finnish (233.88%), and Arabic (204.70%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Erik Spoelstra ranks 301 out of 1,757Before him are Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Jim Loscutoff, Ron Harper, Nando de Colo, Don Meineke, and Jason Williams. After him are Mitch Kupchak, Buddy Jeannette, Theodoros Papaloukas, Jorge Garbajosa, Joel Embiid, and Sergio Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Erik Spoelstra ranks 382Before him are Ghostface Killah, Yumi Watanabe, Celso Ayala, Elaine Hendrix, Michael Trucco, and Andrea Nahles. After him are Warren G, Elfi Eder, Carlos Secretário, Eduardo Capetillo, Tory Belleci, and Olga Kuzenkova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Spoelstra ranks 11,573 out of 20,380Before him are Peter Kreeft (1937), Kaye Hall (1951), Grace Cunard (1893), Mike Gravel (1930), Twyla Tharp (1941), and Gaylord Nelson (1916). After him are Warren G (1970), Daniel Bryan (1981), Robert S. Woodworth (1869), Harold Smith (1909), Damon Runyon (1880), and Edward Dillon (1879).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Erik Spoelstra ranks 159Before him are Bob Love (1942), Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Ron Harper (1964), Don Meineke (1930), and Jason Williams (1975). After him are Mitch Kupchak (1954), Buddy Jeannette (1917), Connie Hawkins (1942), Harry Gallatin (1927), Anthony Davis (1993), and Satch Sanders (1938).