Spurs hire league`s first full-time female assistant coach
The reigning National Basketball Association champion San Antonio Spurs named long-time WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in league history on Tuesday.
|Last Updated: Aug 06, 2014, 04:54 AM IST|Source: Reuters
San Antonio: The reigning National Basketball Association champion San Antonio Spurs named long-time WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in league history on Tuesday.
Hammon, 37, is a six-time WNBA All-Star who has spent the last eight seasons with the San Antonio Stars, from which she will soon retire.
"In some ways it is trailblazing, but there have been so many other women that are doing really, really great things and I am just kind of following in their path," Hammon said.
Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said in a statement: "I`m confident that her basketball IQ, work ethic, and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit for the Spurs."
There have been women head coaches in the NBA Development and summer leagues, and Lisa Boyer was a part-time member of the Cleveland Cavaliers` coaching staff during the 2001-02 NBA season, according to the Spurs.
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), the Spurs said.
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