Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Becky Hammon was named the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces in December 2021.
On Wednesday, the six-time WNBA All-Star won a second consecutive WNBA championship as a head coach. Before taking the job with the Aces, Hammon was an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs under the franchise's longtime head coach, Gregg Popovich.
The Spurs were playing a preseason game at home Wednesday night while the Aces were in Brooklyn playing the New York Liberty in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Assistant coach Becky Hammon and head coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs against the Denver Nuggets during the first quarter at Ball Arena April 5, 2022, in Denver, Colo. (C.
Morgan Engel/Getty Images) Apparently, Popovich was thinking of ways he could get thrown out of the Spurs' exhibition so he could watch Hammon coach the Aces. "I gotta go celebrate.