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<\/p>\nLas Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon secured the third WNBA championship of her head coaching career on Friday, after her team swept the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n
Winning three WNBA championships is an incredible accomplishment for any women’s basketball coach, regardless of how long they’ve been coaching in the league, and probably puts Hammon on the WNBA coach Mount Rushmore. <\/p>\n
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Sep 9, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon holds a presser before a game against the Chicago Sky at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images | Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
But what’s perhaps most incredible of all is that Hammon has only been a head coach for four seasons. Therefore, she has won a league championship in 75% of her seasons. That’s the sort of success that any basketball franchise \u2014\u00a0regardless of whether it’s the NBA, WNBA, or any other league \u2014 should be clamoring to acquire. <\/p>\n
Stephen A. Smith Sends Clear Becky Hammon Message After WNBA Finals Win<\/p>\n
Hammon spent time coaching with the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA franchise before joining the Aces. When she coached San Antonio’s Summer League team in 2015, she became the first woman to be a head coach in the Summer League. And when she took over on the Spurs’ sideline for the legendary Gregg Popovich after Popovich was ejected during a December 2020 game, Hammon became the first female acting head coach in NBA history. <\/p>\n
The Las Vegas Aces made Becky Hammon their new head coach just 4 seasons ago.<\/p>\n
Tonight, they just won their THIRD championship in those four seasons.<\/p>\n
Give Becky her respect. pic.twitter.com\/tIXqZgxsFu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Hammon joined the Aces one year later, in December 2021. However, sports media personality Stephen A. Smith seems to think Hammon should be welcomed back to the NBA with open arms, which he revealed during an October 11 segment on The Stephen A. Smith Show. <\/p>\n “I’m here to tell you something right now: Becky Hammon, as a head coach for the Las Vegas Aces, I’ve said this on many occasions, and I’ll say it again: She deserves to coach in the NBA,” Smith said, per an X post from his show.<\/p>\n “If I owned a team in the NBA, I would not mind giving her a chance as the head coach of my franchise. That woman knows what she’s doing,” he added. “She has been a staple in basketball, period. And I’m just really big on this, man: I believe men should not be allowed to be head coaches in the WNBA. Because you don’t see women coaching in the WNBA.<\/p>\n “If you gonna do that to the women, having a man coach the WNBA team, then a woman should be allowed to be the head coach of a NBA team. That’s what I believe,” Smith concluded. <\/p>\n If I were a NBA owner, I\u2019d hire Becky Hammon as head coach pic.twitter.com\/uPVxLlB3Wa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Smith’s sentiment speaks volumes, as he clearly thinks extremely highly of Hammon’s abilities. <\/p>\n Recommended Reading: