The last winner of an NBA award from the Miami Heat was Tyler Herro back in the 2021-2022 season as the Sixth Man of the Year. With Miami earning the East’s No. 1 seed that year and sporting some strong individual statistical numbers, Herro put the media in a position where he was the clear run-away favorite for this award. A serious case can be made that there should have been another Heat award with coach Erik Spoelstra as the Coach of the Year, which ended up going to Monty Williams of the Phoenix Suns.

Unfortunately, the Heat don’t get much praise from the media in regards to things like this. That is proven by the fact that Spoelstra has never won a Coach of the Year before. Spoelstra has gotten the best out of each roster he has been given throughout the years, yet never gets the recognition he deserves in this league. During last year’s improbable Miami run as the No. 8 seed to the NBA Finals, Spoelstra knocked off two multi-time Coach of the Year winners. In a recent players-only poll, he was voted as the coach players would most want to play for.