“Everybody likes to talk about the highlights but I’m not changing the lowlights,” Hammon said when talking about obstacles she’s overcome in her career.
Becky Hammon, head coach of the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, strode through History Colorado sipping from a can of Monster Energy Zero Ultra. February was a hectic month for the woman who won a championship in her first year as head coach. She’s been to Miami, Minnesota, Orlando, Key Largo and then Denver, where she was the kick-off speaker for History Colorado’s “Bold Women. Change History.” series on Tuesday night.
The Denver Post sat down with Hammon for an interview before her talk and then listened to her field questions from Colorado Department of Higher Education Executive Director Angie Paccione and the audience. The following Q&A is taken from those interviews. They have been edited for brevity and clarity.A
Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon speaks with Angie Paccione, executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, at History Colorado on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Paccione was among the first women to earn a full ride athletic scholarship at Stanford and later became the first woman to work as a head coach of a boys team when she led the Smoky Hill High School basketball team. : It’s been awesome because I have awesome basketball players.
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