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Chris Quinn Next In Line On Miami Heat Coaching Tree

Quinn likely to follow in footsteps of Erik Spoelstra, David Fizdale and Juwan Howard

Shandel Richardson

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The Miami Heat have had successful coaches since Pat Riley left the sidelines for the front office. 

The Heat organization has groomed the likes of Erik Spoelstra, David Fizdale and Juwan Howard. And it appears assistant Chris Quinn is next in line to make the leap to head coach. 

That was evident when the Heat ran a play Quinn designed in Friday's victory against the Houston Rockets. The play called for Jimmy Butler to receive an alley-opp pass from Gabe Vincent off the inbounds. 

"That's what happens when you got a guy from Notre Dame that's smart," Butler said. "... He's going to be a head coach one day very, very soon." 

Quinn is in his ninth year with the Heat. He's learned from Spoelstra, one of the best in  NBA history. He's also gained experience while filling in for Spoelstra last year when he was in the league's health and safety protocols. 

“Spo is a top 15 coach of all time," Quinn said last season. "Any time you have a mentor of that level, also with coach Riley around so much, mentors of that level. I’ve learned in my seven or eight years of coaching tremendously from Spo. It only makes sense that my voice sounds like him at this point.” 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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