WNBA star Becky Hammon played college basketball for the Colorado State University Rams in the late 1990s. She started out her career playing for the New York Liberty and now plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was recently selected as one of
Superstar Kobe Bryant had nothing but good things to say about the first woman assistant coach in the NBA in Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon isn't just going to appear on San Antonio's bench out of nowhere come fall. She isn't going to have to introduce herself to the Spurs players or spend a lot of time and energy getting acquainted with coach Gregg Popovich and his staff.
On Tuesday afternoon, all question marks about Hammon's post-playing days were answered, as the San Antonio Spurs announced they had hired her as an assistant coach. With that simple news release — headline: Spurs Name Becky Hammon Assistant
WNBA star Becky Hammon played college basketball for the Colorado State University Rams in the late 1990s. She started out her career playing for the New York Liberty and now plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was recently selected as one of