USA Basketball Adding 2 NBA Coaches to Erik Spoelstra's Staff: Report

After Steve Kerr led USA Basketball to an Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games, long-time Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was named Kerr’s national team successor.

Now, USA Basketball is starting to build out its coaching staff under Spoelstra.

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, Detroit Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff and Gonzaga head coach Mark Few are expected to be named as assistant coaches, according to a report from ESPN insider Shams Charania on Tuesday.

Few served as a USA Basketball assistant coach alongside Spoelstra since 2021. However, this will be the first national team coaching experience for both Daigneault and Bickerstaff.

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Daigneault and Bickerstaff both led their respective NBA teams to No. 1 seeds this past season. The Thunder secured the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, ultimately falling short of their back-to-back championship aspirations with a loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals. The Pistons notched top position in the Eastern Conference before falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Round 2.

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USA Basketball will take the court for World Cup qualifiers in August. There, the team will face off against Chile and Columbia with a trip to the 2027 Qatar World Cup on the line.

More importantly, the team will return to Olympic action at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

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This story was originally published July 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM.