Indiana Pacers assistant coach Jenny Boucek is attempting to win the NBA championship tonight.
How many women have won the NBA championship as coaches? How about as owners?
I don’t think there has ever been a full-time female head coach of an NBA team. I think Becky Hammon was the first woman to serve as a head coach in an NBA game when she took over for the San Antonio Spurs during a 2015 preseason game after head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected.
As for owners there are a few:
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Jeanie Buss is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers, having taken control of the team after her father Jerry Buss passed away in 2013. In 2020 the Lakers won the championship (I think that is the only time a team owned by a woman has won a championship).
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Jody Allen owns the Portland Trail Blazers. She inherited the team after her brother Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, died in 2018.
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Gayle Benson owns the New Orleans Pelicans.
Yes, I meant to say, as assistant coach or trainer or someone on the bench staff.
I think many teams have women on the coaching staff, which are much larger than you see on the bench during a game. I know the Celtics have women on the staff now, not sure if they were there last year when the Celtics won the title. I’m sure they all got a ring.
Becky Hammon was an assistant coach for the Spurs for their 2014 title.
Was. The team just sold and that’s no longer true although I think she still has a small piece of the team.