The Spurs have hired Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the NBA’s first full-time female assistant coach. Hammon, who will retire from the WNBA this month, worked closely with coach Gregg Popovich’s coaching staff during the 2013-14 season as she rehabbed a torn ACL:
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Becky Hammon has been hired as an assistant coach. Per club policy terms of the contract were not announced.
Hammon, who is currently in her 16th WNBA season, announced on July 23 that she would retire as a player at the conclusion of the 2014 season. Named one of the WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All-Time in July of 2011, Hammon ranks seventh in WNBA history in points (with 5,809), fourth in assists (1,687) and sixth in games (445).
“I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff,” said Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. “Having observed her working with our team this past season, I’m confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Spurs.”
A six-time WNBA All-Star, Hammon has spent the last eight seasons with the San Antonio Stars. She is the Stars all-time leader in assists (1,112) and three-point field goals made (493) while ranking second in franchise history in points (3,442) and games (218). In 2012 Hammon was the top vote getter for the Stars All-Decade Team.
Becky never slowed down in WNBA. Good move from an aesthetic perspective. lol
here in France, there is a female head coach of a pro soccer team.
Basketball player with one of the highest basketball IQ’s in the game. Great addition! Not to mention that she has been friends with players like Duncan for years so she already has the respect from the leaders of the team.
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There is not another professional sports league on earth that is more progressive than the NBA. From female refs to homosexual team executives, the NBA does a good job of being a symbol of inclusiveness.
wtf. lol!
…and letting homos like you post in the comments section.
WoW!
It really bothers me that THIS has 5 upvotes.
And letting retarded imbeciles like you post in the comments section. Oh the irony.
Yeah, this is disturbing.
…although he could have meant a consensual affair.
..but still.
This is great news … vaca and zab … go back to your mom’s cave.
Nice PR move, this reminds me of Danica Patrick in Nascar from a coaching perspective. Some man right now is mad as heck, that he got passed over for her, because she networked her way in. She could have at least started in the WNBA.
Wow. I didn’t know she was a pseudo coach last season. She must be good if Pop thinks highly of her. How great for the league and humanity in general.
SLAM: Delete this comment if you aren’t total pieces of sh!t like Vacaville and if you’re as good of a publication as most of us here think you are.
They honestly don’t give a sh!t about their comment section anymore. Unless they’re publicizing a new issue, then everyone is there to say how awesome it is.
You are drone-worthy….you know that?
hey hey You know, not all cavedwellers are misogynists and homophobes….
….wow. @sshole.
Wow…Chill bro
Maybe Slam should pull a CNN a close this thread…So far one of the ugliest comment sections since the racially motivated Comic Sans ones a few years back.
“Some man right now is mad as heck, that he got passed over for her, because she networked her way in. She could have at least started in the WNBA.”
The very same way most coaches get their jobs.
You must have thought the usual band of coaches get recycled over and over again because they filled out their job application neatly and accurately and have some special insights to the standard pick and roll.
I will but your moms still on her knees.
Meanwhile, my comment shaming SLAM for not deleting it has not (yet?) been approved. Good times.
This comment is absolutely disgusting, and Slam not taking it down is equally reprehensible.
The comment has been deleted, and the user has been blacklisted.
Welp guess you are wrong. They also got rid of that Antoine Lerome guy and were deleting his comments left and right. They probably just don’t participate in the comments any more because comment boards have become obnoxious in the eyes of many.
Yup, I was wrong. Well done, SLAM.
Glad to hear it, thanks Ryne.