With the five-time NBA champion coach gone, Hammon assumed the reins, and the transition appeared perfectly natural to her, the Spurs staff and players. Hammon became the first female full-time assistant coach in any major American sports league when she joined the Spurs in 2014. As the buzzer signaled the end of play, Hammon waited in the locker room for her teammates. Becky Hammon made history when she was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach in 2014. The Spurs head coach had long admired Hammon as a player and began to gauge whether she had the makings of an NBA coach.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2021 07:52 UTC