Colorado State Basketball: Three candidates to be next Rams coach

3. Becky Hammon

Yes, this would be a radical hire. In case you haven’t heard, there’s never been a woman to lead a men’s basketball program at the Division I level.

But there are so many reasons this could work.

For starters, it’s not as if Becky Hammon is just some random woman ascribed to break the glass ceiling. She’s been cutting her teeth for the past few years with the San Antonio Spurs, the gold standard in professional basketball.

Hammon led the Spurs to a Summer League title in 2015, helped coach the All-Star Game in 2016, and even earned a general manager interview with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2017. Put gender aside and there’s little question Hammon is qualified to be a head coach.

The 40-year old has something else going for her as well: Rams pride. In 2005, the Rams retired their alum’s number in honor of the greatest player in the history of the program. If her alma mater isn’t going to give her a chance, who will?

Colorado State needs to repair the damage Eustachy inflicted upon the program. Hiring a woman doesn’t accomplish the goal.

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Hiring an alum who is already accomplished in the field of coaching, has a relationship with the school, and is a star on the rise does accomplish that goal.