After seven years of marriage, Erik Spoelstra, the head coach of the Miami Heat, and his wife Nikki have announced their divorce.
“We have jointly filed to formally end our marriage as a difficult yet amicable decision,” Erik and Nikki said in a joint statement provided to the Miami Herald. Both of us are appreciative of our partnership and are steadfast in our resolve to co-parent our kids and keep putting them first.
“We thank you for your support and for maintaining our family’s privacy as we transition to the next chapter of our lives.”
Together, Erik, 53, and Nikki, 36, are parents to three children: Santiago, 5, 3, and Ruby, 1.
Almost twenty years ago, when Nikki was a squad cheerleader, they had their first meeting. When she started dancing with the team in 2005, she was only eighteen years old and still a Florida International college student. Nevertheless, the two eventually started dating and were married in 201
After seven years of marriage, Erik Spoelstra, the head coach of the Miami Heat, and his wife Nikki have announced their divorce. She was employed as a dancer for the team when the two first got together.
Together at a South Florida Thanksgiving charity function are Nikki and Erik Spoelstra.
After seven years of marriage, Erik Spoelstra, the head coach of the Miami Heat, and his wife Nikki have announced their divorce. She was employed as a dancer for the team when the two first got together.
Together at a South Florida Thanksgiving charity function are Nikki and Erik Spoelstra.
She has also hosted her own podcast and served as director of an art gallery.
In his sixteenth season as head coach of the Miami Heat, Spoelstra has guided the team to six trips to the NBA Finals and two titles (2012) and (2013) with the assistance of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
‘I was building some confidence then because I was doing well in school [she graduated magna cum laude], but it played into one of my biggest insecurities—that I’m not intelligent enough,’ Nikki reminisced in an interview with Lifestyle.
‘ ‘During the years with the Heat, I was this platinum blonde with [a curvaceous figure],’ Nikki said. ‘And I remember being at FIU and asking students after class if they wanted to study together.’ Nikki received that look, like, ‘No, not with this bimbo.’.
She also talked about their son’s fight against the severe non-Hodgkin lymphoma known as Burkitt lymphoma. Since then, Santiago has received medical care.
“He’s fine now; he’s in good health,” Nikki stated. He resembles a tiny, elderly soul. He was aware of everything that was taking place. He would say something like, “I’m taking medication that causes my hair to fall out, but it will grow back even better!”
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