One of the biggest stories of the WNBA offseason was the New York Liberty deciding to part ways with championship coach Sandy Brondello. But Brondello's Liberty departure allowed her to become the first ever coach for one of the league's new expansion franchises, the Toronto Tempo.
The Phoenix Mercury have had some great coaches over the years, and some of them were a part of the Coach of the Year race. Sandy Brondello is the only coach who has won it for the franchise, but people like Paul Westhead and Corey Gaines were a part of the race before that.
The Phoenix Mercury had a solid 2020 season, as they finished the season with a record of 13-9. It was a shortened season, as the WNBA played in an isolation zone.
The Phoenix Mercury finished the 2015 season with a record of 20-14. They were fresh off their championship, which was an amazing year. They finished that season with a record of 29-5, and they went on a 16-game winning streak midway through the season.
The Phoenix Mercury won a championship in 2009, and with the exception of 2012, they made the playoffs consistently. When the Mercury won the championship, Corey Gaines was their head coach.
Before Thanksgiving, the New York Liberty announced it would have a new coach. Former Golden State Warriors assistant Chris DeMarco will take over for Sandy Brondello after Brondello was fired.
The New York Liberty are one of the crown jewels of the WNBA. A team with history hadn’t won a championship until 2024. Former head coach Sandy Brondello coached a stacked roster to the franchise’s first-ever championship; however, after a playoff exit in 2025, Brondello was fired less than a year from winning the title.
After coaching in the NBA for 10 years, Jama Mahlalela is in consideration to fill new Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello’s shoes. The Toronto Raptors assistant is one of three finalists for head coach of WNBA’s New York Liberty, insider Jake Fischer reported on Thursday.
The Phoenix Mercury had some solid seasons under Sandy Brondello. She became their head coach before the 2014 season, and in her first year with the team, she led them to a championship.
A new chapter is about to be written in WNBA history with the addition of its latest team, the Toronto Tempo, who will join the league from the 2025–26 season onward.
There was a collective feeling of confusion from among the women's basketball community when news broke that the New York Liberty had fired Sandy Brondello a short time after the team's 2025 season ended in disappointment.
There are plenty of reasons why a two-time WNBA champion coach, with 27 years combined experience both on the court and behind the clipboard in top women’s basketball league in the world, and a decorated international career, is the right person to coach the Toronto Tempo.
Inaugural Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello said the prospect of building a team from the ground up was a key in choosing the fledgling WNBA franchise.
The Toronto Raptors had a special guest during their game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday: Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello.
It was quite the day in Toronto Basketball. It started at 11 am, when the Toronto Tempo held a press conference to welcome their first franchise head coach, Sandy Brondello, to the team.
The Dallas Wings recently announced that they would be hiring Jose Fernandez to be the next head coach for the franchise, wanting to provide stability to a position that hasn't had much of it.
Sandy Brondello officially has been named the inaugural head coach of the Toronto Tempo, the expansion team announced Tuesday. Brondello guided the Phoenix Mercury to the 2014 WNBA championship and did the same with the New York Liberty in 2024.
On September 23, news broke that the New York Liberty would not be renewing the contract of head coach Sandy Brondello, thus ending her time as the team's head coach after four seasons.
The Toronto Tempo are expected to name veteran WNBA coach Sandy Brondello as their first head coach in team history, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.
TORONTO — Former Phoenix Mercury head coach Sandy Brondello is set to make history as the inaugural head coach of Canada’s first WNBA franchise, the Toronto Tempo.
The Toronto Tempo are reportedly hiring Sandy Brondello as the expansion franchise's first head coach, ahead of their inaugural WNBA season in 2026, per a Wednesday announcement by Title IX Sports' Howard Megdal.
Not retaining New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello was necessary for the team to keep growing, general manager Jonathan Kolb said Thursday. "These decisions mark fork-in-the-road moments for organizations," Kolb told reporters in his first public comments since Brondello's firing on Tuesday.
The New York Liberty are moving on from head coach Sandy Brondello, one season after the team won its first WNBA championship. The Liberty announced Tuesday that they are not renewing her contract for the 2026 season.
For New York Liberty head coach, it's nothing personal ... just business. The tenured WNBA boss is set to embark on her latest playoff run, set to guide the Liberty in the knockout stage of the franchise's first postseason championship defense.
Staying in the hunt for another WNBA championship puts a lot of stress on New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello. After the season's first month in May, though, things are looking pretty good.