Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon was born on March 11, 1977 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Martin and Bev Hammon.
She has an older brother Matt, and an older sister Gina.

High School
Becky played high school basketball at Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota. As a junior, she was named South Dakota Miss Basketball. As a senior, she was voted the South Dakota Player of the Year.

College
Becky attended Colorado State. She led her team to a 33-3 record in the 1998-1999 season and helped them advance to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. She was the WAC Mountain Division player of the year for the 1998-1999 season and surpassed University of Utah player Keith Van Horn as the WAC's all-time leading scorer.

Hammon set many Colorado State all-time records, including points (2740), points per game (21.92), field goals made (918), free throws made (539), three-point field goals made (365), assists (538) and steals (315).

WNBA
Becky was undrafted during her rookie season, but was signed to the WNBA as a free agent on May 12, 1999 by the New York Liberty.

She had a solid rookie season, backing up starting point guard Teresa Weatherspoon. Her aggressive play at both ends of the court quickly impressed the coaching staff and made her a favorite among Liberty fans.

After the 2003 season, Hammon took over for Teresa Weatherspoon as the Liberty's starting point guard and along with Vickie Johnson and Crystal Robinson, became one of the team's co-captains in 2004.

Becky also played in the NWBL (National Women's Basketball League). In her first season --2003-- with the Tennessee Fury, she led the league in scoring, averaging 20.6 points per game.

In 2004, Becky signed with the Colorado Chill, a new team to the NWBL, but played in only 2 games because of a knee injury she sustained in the 2003 season when playing for the New York Liberty.

When aging star Teresa Weatherspoon was not re-signed by the team in 2004, Becky was given the starting point guard job. She helped the Liberty to a playoff berth in 2004 in the Eastern Conference.

On August 5, 2004 Hammon represented the WNBA All-Stars in the WNBA vs. USA basketball game that pitted the 2004 USA Women's Basketball team against WNBA players at Radio City Music Hall. On August 16, 2005, Hammon scored her 2000th WNBA career point. At the end of the 2005 season, she was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

In 2005, in a rematch of the previous year's championship game, Becky and the Chill defeated her old team and won their first NWBL title. She received the game's Most Valuable Player award with 31 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.

In 2006, Hammon was named Most Valuable Player of the NWBL, leading the Chill to a second straight Pro Cup title.

In January 2007, she moved to Spanish League and played for Rivas Futura.

On April 4, 2007 during the WNBA Draft, Becky Hammon was traded to the Silver Stars along with a second round draft pick in the 2008 draft for the second overall first round pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft, center Jessica Davenport.

Hammon had her best season of her career in 2007 posting career high averages of 18.8 ppg (fourth best) and 5.0 apg (first in WNBA).

Olympics
Becky wanted to play for the American team during the 2008 Olympics, but was told that she would not make the team. She then announced she would try to claim a roster slot on the Russian basketball team. She had became a Russian citizen earlier in 2008.

The coach of Russia's team, Igor Grudin, is also the sports director of the CSKA team that Hammon plays for in Moscow during the WNBA off-season. The announcement that she would participate in camps for the Russian national team came the same day that it was also announced that national team player (and CSKA teammate of Hammon's) Olga Arteshina had become pregnant. Hammon also signed a three-year extension with the CSKA team at around the same time she was named as a prospect for the national team.

Various individuals have expressed their displeasure that Becky would play for the Russians in the Olympics.

Personal
On November 12, 2004, Becky was inducted into the Colorado State University Sports Hall of Fame. On January 22, 2005, her #25 Colorado State jersey was retired at the Moby Arena.