page_title: Becky Hammon
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caption_attribution_description: English: Original Caption: Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player, Becky Hammon of the New York Liberty, prepares to shoot the basketball during a visit at the fire station during a tour of Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Information presented on the ACC Home Page is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. [1]
context_page_description: Rebecca Lynn Hammon is an American-Russian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. 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 and for several other teams outside the United States. Hammon, who was born and raised in the United States, became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2008 and represented the Russian national team in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
  On August 5, 2014, Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association as an assistant coach. She is the second female assistant coach in NBA history and the first female full-time assistant coach in NBA history. Hammon is also the first full-time female assistant coach in any of the four major professional sports in North America. On July 3, 2015, the Spurs announced that Hammon would be the team's Summer League head coach; she is the first woman to be a head coach in that league. Hammon led the Spurs to the Las Vegas Summer League title on July 20, 2015.
context_section_description: Rebecca Lynn Hammon (born March 11, 1977) is an American-Russian professional basketball coach and former player who is 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, who was born and raised in the United States, became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2008 and represented the Russian national team in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
  On August 5, 2014, Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association as an assistant coach. She is the second female assistant coach in NBA history and the first female full-time assistant coach in NBA history. Hammon is also the first full-time female assistant coach in any of the four major professional sports in North America. On July 3, 2015, the Spurs announced that Hammon would be the team's Summer League head coach; she is the first woman to be a head coach in that league. Hammon led the Spurs to the Las Vegas Summer League title on July 20, 2015.
caption: Hammon at the Ellsworth Air Force Base in February 2002
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