On December 31, Beijing time, Popovich is about to retire, and it is even likely that he will bid farewell to his coaching career at the end of this season, but now As one of the popular successors, Becky Harmon has withdrawn from the competition. According to US media reports, Harmon will start her career coaching the WNBA Las Vegas ace team after the end of this season, she has signed a 5-year contract with the ace team, and will become the highest paid coach in the WNBA.
As a legendary superstar in the WNBA, Harmon played for the Ace Team (formerly the Silver Star) for 8 seasons, playing in 223 games for the team, averaging 15.6 points and 5.1 assists per game, and successfully retired his jersey this year.
After ending her career as an athlete, Harmon began studying with Popovich in 2014, becoming the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history, and in 2015, she led the Spurs to the NBA Summer League championship, becoming the first female coach in NBA history to win a summer league championship.
Later, Harmon followed Popovich in 2016 as an assistant coach for the Western Conference All-Star Game, and the first time in NBA history that a female coach appeared in the All-Star Game coaching staff. Until December 31, 2020, the Western Focus Battle against the Lakers in the Spurs, because Popovich was expelled, made Harmon the first female coach in NBA history to coach the regular season.
Only when Popovich was about to retire, Harmon chose to sign with his former parent team Ace Team, and still signed a 5-year contract, which naturally meant that she had given up on taking over Popovich to coach the Spurs. Harmon will officially start coaching the ace team after finishing his assistant coaching job with the Spurs this season, and also become the highest paid coach in the WNBA.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)