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Becky Hammon didn’t realize the impact her hiring would have outside of the sports world when she joined the Spurs coaching staff

Becky Hammon has a seat on one of the most prominent benches in the NBA and people want to know more about how she got there. On the Ledlow & Parker podcast, Kristen Ledlow and Candace Parker discuss the Spurs assistant coach’s days in the WNBA, the crafty style of play that made her height a non-factor to her game.

Her faith enabled her to take an injury and accept the transformation into an NBA assistant coach. During that time, head coach Gregg Popovich took her under his wing. In fact, she considers Pop the boundary-breaker when it comes to the title of “first full-time woman assistant coach.