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Becky Hammon

Becky Hammon
Hammon at Madison Square Garden in August 2015
Las Vegas Aces
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1977-03-11) March 11, 1977 (age 47)
Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
NationalityAmerican, Russian
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight136 lb (62 kg)
Career information
High schoolStevens
(Rapid City, South Dakota)
CollegeColorado State (1995–1999)
WNBA draft1999: undrafted
Playing career1999–2014
PositionPoint guard
Number25
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2006New York Liberty
2001–2002Trentino Rovereto Basket
2006–2007Rivas Ecópolis
2007–2014San Antonio Stars
2007–2009CSKA Moscow
2009–2010Ros Casares Valencia
2010–2011Nadezhda Orenburg
2011–2012Spartak Moscow Region
As coach:
2014–2021San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
2022–presentLas Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Stats at WNBA.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2023
Medals
Representing  United States
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Taipei Team competition
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing National Team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2009 Latvia Team competition

Rebecca Lynn Hammon (Russian: Ребекка Линн Хэммон) (born March 11, 1977) is a Russian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously served as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time All-American basketball player for the Colorado State Rams, Hammon went on to play for the San Antonio Stars and New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for several other teams outside the United States. Hammon was born and raised in the United States, but she became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2008 and represented the Russian national team in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.[1]

Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach in 2014. Hammon served as the team's Summer League head coach in 2015; she is the first Russian and first woman to be a head coach in the Summer League.[2] On December 30, 2020, Hammon became the first Russian and the first woman to be acting head coach in NBA history after Spurs' head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. A year later in December 2021, she was hired by the Las Vegas Aces to be their head coach, becoming the first Russian head coach in WNBA history. Hammon previously played for the Aces from 2007 to 2014 when the team played in San Antonio and was known as the Stars, and has her number retired by the organization. On August 12, 2023, Hammon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the first Russian Hall of Famer.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Becky Hammon to be first Russian and female head coach in summer league. Espn.go.com (July 3, 2015). Retrieved on 2016-05-20.
  3. ^ "Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade headline Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2023". NBA.com. Associated Press. April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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