The San Antonio Spurs have hired former WNBA player Candice Dupree as their new assistant coach.
Dupree was the sixth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA draft and played for fifteen seasons in the WBA. The seven-time WNBA All-Star won the WNBA Championship in 2014 with the Phoenix Mercury.
The news was first reported by Shams Charania Athletics.
Not only is the 2022 WNBA Coach of the Year winner, but she is currently joining the Spurs staff, following in the footsteps of former and former Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon, who led the Las Vegas Aces into a new era. The organization’s first 2022 WNBA Championship.
“You’re starting to see a lot of women breaking through the NBA ranks and they’re like, ‘Shake it as hard as you can,'” Dupree told TheNextHoops about the advice she received from Dawn Staley. Ervin Monier, who coached at Temple. “If I really need any help from them. [Staley and Monier], they are there. If I need to steal plays and everything, I’ve got that too.
As the 2022-23 NBA season approaches, Dupree and other female coaches in the league continue to pave the way for the next generation.