Aces’ Becky Hammon, Mercury’s Nate Tibbetts on South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore of coaching - Yahoo Sports
LAS VEGAS — Before every game, Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts remembers his late father, Fred. During starting lineup announcements, Tibbetts thinks about telling his dad how he hopes Phoenix’s 3-pointers will fall, about the importance of defending at a high level and the hope for his dad to look out for them in the ensuing 40 minutes. Fred died of colon cancer in 2008. But Tibbetts said he still feels his dad’s strength. Tibbetts knows he wouldn’t be where he is — coaching in the WNBA Fin
