{"id":233220,"date":"2025-10-23T01:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/233220\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T01:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:19:05","slug":"wnbas-toronto-tempo-to-hire-sandy-brondello-as-first-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/233220\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA\u2019s Toronto Tempo to hire Sandy Brondello as first coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran WNBA coach Sandy Brondello is \u201cexpected to be named the first coach in Toronto Tempo history,\u201d according to a source cited by Ben Pickman of THE ATHLETIC. The Tempo have a \u201cproven WNBA winner in Brondello,\u201d who is the winningest coach in the Liberty and Mercury\u2019s histories and won a title with each franchise. She also has \u201cdemonstrated the ability to connect with players.\u201d Brondello was \u201clargely beloved by New York\u2019s players and support staff as the franchise went from just 16-20 in her first season to a perennial title contender at the end of her tenure,\u201d including the 2024 championship. The Tempo \u201cprioritized past head-coaching experience in its search and considered several other former WNBA head coaches.\u201d However, the Tempo\u2019s \u201cnext steps remain an open question,\u201d as the upcoming expansion draft involving the Tempo and fellow expansion team the Portland Fire, both set to start play in 2026, is \u201cnot expected until after\u201d a new CBA<\/a> is reached. Sources said that the Tempo\u2019s hire of Brondello is \u201cexpected to set off a chain reaction\u201d in the Wings and Storm\u2019s head-coaching hires, as she \u201calso interviewed with both teams\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 10\/22<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NEW CHALLENGE: In Toronto, Doug Smith notes with Brondello being let go by the Liberty last month<\/a>, she \u201cautomatically became one of the most coveted names on the market.\u201d Brondello had been \u201clinked to one of the most interesting openings — in Dallas with a roster that includes young star Paige Bueckers — but was wooed by the challenge of guiding the first international team in WNBA history\u201d (TORONTO STAR, 10\/22<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran WNBA coach Sandy Brondello is \u201cexpected to be named the first coach in Toronto Tempo history,\u201d according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[461,49,48,139,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-233220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-leadership","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}