Jon Spoelstra

Jon Spoelstra
Spoelstra in January 2012
Born	(1946-06-19) June 19, 1946 (age 77)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouse	Elisa Celino
Children	2, including Erik Spoelstra
Parent	Watson Spoelstra (father)

Jon Spoelstra (born June 19, 1946) is an American author,

After graduating from Notre Dame in 1966, Spoelstra founded his first marketing company in 1970, The New School of Youth Marketing and Other Phenomena Inc. In the mid-1970s, his company obtained the rights to syndicate Notre Dame basketball games for $2,000 per game.^[3] In 1977, Spoelstra's career in the NBA began when the Buffalo Braves hired him as vice president of marketing. One of his biggest tasks he was assigned was to try to prevent a relocation of the Braves, although the team moved to San Diego ten months later. In 1979, then Portland Trail Blazers owner Larry Weinberg hired Spoelstra as senior vice president and general manager where he would serve for ten years before resigning.^[3]

The

• Spoelstra, Jon (1997). Ice to the Eskimos: How to Market a Product Nobody Wants. New York:
  ISBN 0061745839
  .
• Spoelstra, Jon (1999). Success is Just One Wish Away. DelStar Books.
  ISBN 1891686151
  .
• Spoelstra, Jon (2001). Marketing Outrageously Redux: How to Increase Your Revenue by Staggering Amounts. Bard Press.
  ISBN 1885167504
  .

•  Sports portal

References

External links

• Official website