Commissioner Adam Silver to be ‘hugely disappointed’ if NBA has no female head coach yet in five years

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver firmly believes that ladies coaches are worthy and deserve a spot in the league’s play-calling helm.

In his look on the NCAA’s podcast channel, Silver mentioned that he would be “hugely disappointed” if there’ll be no female head coach yet in the NBA for the subsequent five years.

“I would be hugely disappointed if certainly in five years we haven’t seen our first female head coach in the NBA,” Silver instructed Bonnie Bernstein (h/t Bleacher Report).

Currently this season, there are five females fielding a training assistant alternative, particularly: Jenny Boucek (Indiana Pacers), Lindsey Harding (Sacramento Kings), Sonia Raman (Minnesota Grizzlies), Kristi Toliver (Dallas Mavericks) and Teresa Weatherspoon (New Orleans Pelicans).

The mentioned five solely belong to the 13 whole females who managed to work as assistants in the entire historical past of the affiliation. Lisa Boyer in 2001 was the primary one to enter, serving as a volunteer assistant for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“I’ve said this before, as much as professional sports has led and the WNBA and NBA have led in certain areas, we’re a bit behind in this area,” Silver mentioned. “We should have more women head coaches. We should have a female head coach right now. We should have more women referees, and it’s something we’re working very hard on right now.”

WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces mentor Becky Hammon has shattered the limitations in the NBA when she was a former assistant for Gregg Popovich in the San Antonio Spurs.

Back in 2015, she turned the first-ever female head coach in the Summer League. She adopted it up in 2020 and have become the primary girl to act as a head coach in an NBA sport.