Becky Hammon rejoins WNBA as Aces head coach: Terms of deal reported, Hammon’s history with Las Vegas franchise
Longtime Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon is tipped to take the final step towards the head coach job.
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The report comes exactly one year after Hammon made history by becoming first woman to coach in an NBA game.
Here’s everything you need to know about the six-time WNBA All-Star that is set to become the mainstay of the premier professional basketball franchise:
Becky Hammon Joins Aces: Terms of Deal
Athletic’s Chantel Jennings and Shams Charania reported late Thursday that Hammon will become head coach of WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.
According to reports, the contract will be a record-setting deal for a WNBA head coach, but terms have not been announced or reported to date.
The report also suggests that current Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer plans to step aside. Laimbeer, a two-time NBA champion, led the Aces to two conference finals and one WNBA Final in his four years with the team.
Becky Hammon’s History with the Aces . Franchise
The Aces honored Hammon last September by retiring her number 25 jersey and lifting it to the rafters of the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay.
The 5-6 point keeper played the last eight seasons (2007-14) of her 16-year WNBA career for the franchise, then the San Antonio Stars.
Hammon remains the franchise’s career leader in assists (1,333), 3-shots (498) and free-throw percentage (92.1). She is second in points (3,474) and scoring average (15.6) and fourth in 3-point scoring (38.8).
She was recently named to the “W25” of the tournament, which brings together the 25 greatest and most influential players in WNBA history. Prior to that, she was in the league’s Top 20 @ 20 in 2016 and the All Time Top 15 in 2011.
Becky Hammon’s Coaching History
After retiring in 2014, Hammon joined the NBA’s Spurs as an assistant coach. She has forged multiple avenues during her eight years with the franchise.
Currently the longest-serving female assistant coach in the NBA, she was the first woman to coach in the Las Vegas Summer League when she led the Spurs in 2015. She not only coached that year, but also won the tournament. offseason match.
In 2017 with Spurs, she became the first female assistant on the All-Star coaching staff. A few years after her tenure in San Antonio, she began to receive attention from other NBA franchises for head coach and general manager roles (Bucks, 2017).
Most recently, she was considered for a job as the Trail Blazers head coach ahead of the 2021-22 season.
