(1977-03-11) March 11, 1977 (age 47) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Nationality
American, Russian
Listed height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight
136 lb (62 kg)
Career information
High school
Stevens (Rapid City, South Dakota)
College
Colorado State (1995–1999)
WNBA draft
1999: undrafted
Playing career
1999–2014
Position
Point guard
Number
25
Coaching career
2014–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2006
New York Liberty
2001–2002
Trentino Rovereto Basket
2006–2007
Rivas Ecópolis
2007–2014
San Antonio Stars
2007–2009
CSKA Moscow
2009–2010
Ros Casares Valencia
2010–2011
Nadezhda Orenburg
2011–2012
Spartak Moscow Region
As coach:
2014–2022
San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
2022–present
Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
As player:
6× WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011)
2× All-WNBA First Team (2007, 2009)
2× All-WNBA Second Team (2005, 2008)
WNBA assists leader (2007)
WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011)
WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
No. 25 retired by San Antonio Stars/Las Vegas Aces
Spanish League champion (2010)
Queen's Cup winner (2010)
As head coach:
2× WNBA champion (2022, 2023)
Commissioner's Cup champion (2022)
WNBA Coach of the Year (2022)
Stats at WNBA.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2023
Medals
Representing United States
Jones Cup
1998 Taipei
Team competition
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
National Team
EuroBasket
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]
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^Becky Hammon to be first Russian and female head coach in summer league. Espn.go.com (July 3, 2015). Retrieved on 2016-05-20.
^"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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to many well-known players such as Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, BeckyHammon, Leilani Mitchell, Essence Carson, Cappie Pondexter, Tina Charles, the...
been home to many high-quality players such as all-star point guard BeckyHammon, solid power-forward Sophia Young, former first-overall draft pick Ann...
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San Antonio and Utah. This will be the third season under head coach BeckyHammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the New York...
Lieberman Award watch list, and as one of the 10 semifinalists for the BeckyHammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. In the Bulls first round NCAA Tournament...
one to claim their first championship in franchise history. Head coach BeckyHammon became the first rookie head coach to win the WNBA Title. In the WNBA's...
fined US$2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the NBA Constitution. BeckyHammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs on August 5, 2014, as an assistant...
San Antonio and Utah. This was also the second season under head coach BeckyHammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the Connecticut...
was also named the ASUN Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, the BeckyHammon Mid-Major Player of the Year, WBCA Honorable Mention All-American, AP...
Brian Agler (2010), Cheryl Reeve (2011), Sandy Brondello (2014), and BeckyHammon (2022). Van Chancellor, Mike Thibault, and Cheryl Reeve have won the...
steals and one block per game on 60.1 percent shooting. She was named the BeckyHammon Mid-Major Player of the Year and received honorable mention All-American...
Women's Basketball Head Coach". USC Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021. "BeckyHammon Was Born to Coach". espn.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019. "Lindsey Harding...
Jackson was the league leader in scoring and rebounds, the WNBA awarded BeckyHammon for leading the league in assists. In 2007, the WNBA added the league...
and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach BeckyHammon as their new head coach. The Aces started the season under Hammon in strong fashion, winning their first...
they had hired BeckyHammon as an assistant coach, effective with her retirement as a player at the end of the 2014 WNBA season. Hammon became the first...
all-time WNBA leader in playoff career three-pointers made (passing BeckyHammon). In the second round elimination game, the Mercury beat the New York...
000 points, 1,500 assists, and 1,000 rebounds in her career, joining BeckyHammon. She also became the 20th player in league history to reach 4,000 points...
role of women as coaches and specifically in favor of the candidacy of BeckyHammon as an NBA coach. He noted that in its 72 years of history there has never...
Player of the Month". Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 8, 2023. "Aces BeckyHammon, A'ja Wilson Earn WNBA Monthly Honors". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. July 5,...
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