San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon will remain with the Spurs after mulling over an offer from Florida to become the Gators’ women’s basketball coach, Swish Appeal’s Mike Robinson reports.
While on the surface, it looked as if joining the Gators was a perfect fit for Hammon — she thought about taking it for a few days — Hammon has decided she will not take the coaching position at Florida. Instead, she will remain an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs under Gregg Popovich.
The deal was apparently appealing enough to Hammon to garner serious consideration, but it may have been less lucrative than it needed to be to lure her away from the path toward a potential NBA head coaching position.