Kings Hire Jenny Boucek, NBA's Third Full-Time Female Coach Ever

The Kings hired Jenny Boucek to join head coach Dave Joerger's staff as a full-time assistant player development coach, making Boucek the third-ever female to hold a full-time coaching gig with an NBA team.

Sacramento announced the hiring on Friday. The other female coach currently with an NBA team is Becky Hammon, who has been an assistant to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich since 2014. Nancy Lieberman spent time as an assistant with the Kings but is no longer with the franchise.

Boucek played collegiately at Virginia and played briefly in the WNBA before starting her coaching career in 1999. She was the head coach of the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs from 2007-09 and the Seattle Storm from…