Quick facts
Birth date 11 Mar, 1977
Age 42 yrs
Occupations Basketball player
Basketball coach
Citizenship United States of America
Russia
Birth place Rapid City
Education Stevens High School
Gender Female
Description American basketball player and coach


Becky Hammon’s full name is Rebecca Lynn Becky Hammon and she is assistant coach for San Antonio Spurs for National Basketball Association and she is a retired professional basketball player. She played for San Antonio Stars and for New York Liberty under Women’s National Basketball Association. She was playing for different basketball teams out of the country. She was born in US and she became a naturalized Russian in the year 2008 so that she can play in their Russian National Team for 2008 and for 2012 Olympics.

She was hired to be assistant coach by Spurs in the year 2014 and she is a second female assistant in the entire history of NBA and she was first full time assistant who is a woman. She was named to be the first woman to be the head coach in the league and it was the first woman to do so full time. She helped Spurs to the Summer League Title in Las Vegas.

From her biography, she was born in March of 1977 in South Dakota in the city of Rapid City. She is a daughter of Bev and Martin Hammon. She has a brother and a sister. She played in a high school team when she was at Stevens High School in Rapid City. When she was a junior, she became the South Dakota Miss basketball. When she was in high school, she became the Dakota Player of the year when she averaged 26 points, 4 rebounds with 5 steals for each game. The same year, she was voted to be the female class athlete in the graduating class.

Up to now, there is no record if she has a husband or if she ever got married before. This is because she likes to keep many things about her private. When she was hired to be assistant couch, people said that she was a girlfriend of Tony Parker but these were just rumors and nothing to prove that. But there are also rumors around her that she may be a lesbian. There is no record about her net worth or salary, but it may be in millions. She is popular for her sexy and hot legs. She is a popular person on the social media and fans can follow her on twitter, Facebook and Instagram. When she made the decision to play for Russia, it became a controversial topic. There were many things that were talked about her to why she has decided playing for a Russian team. She had a bronze when she played for Russian Team and she had played in many clubs in Russia.

While playing for New York Liberty, she became a favorite player and she was aggressive in the court. She won many awards while playing in WNBA and she got All Star award for 6 times. She won All WNBA First Team together with all WNBA second team two times.

Last Modified: Feb 13, 2020




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