![]() Hammon at Madison Square Garden in August 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Las Vegas Aces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | March 11, 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American, Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 136 lb (62 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–2021 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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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 woman to be a head coach in the Summer League.[2] On December 30, 2020, Hammon became the first female 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. 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.[3]
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