San Antonio has promoted assistant coach Becky Hammon to fill James Borrego’s seat at the front of the bench, the team announced on Wednesday:

#Spurs announce Becky Hammon has been promoted pic.twitter.com/mtBGoprMPE

— Jabari Young (@JabariJYoung) June 27, 2018

As the press release notes, Borrego was recently hired to be the new head coach of the Hornets.

Hammon, a former WNBA star, has been an assistant with the Spurs since 2014. She led the organization’s summer league squad to a championship in 2015.

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