{"id":302191,"date":"2025-11-20T00:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/302191\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:59:13","slug":"decorated-nba-assistant-could-be-the-libertys-next-coach-after-sandy-brondello-exit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/302191\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorated NBA assistant could be the Liberty&#8217;s next coach after Sandy Brondello exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been nearly two months since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/new-york-liberty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Liberty<\/a> fired head coach Sandy Brondello, as general manager Jonathan Kolb sought a change of direction following a disappointing WNBA title defense in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But while Brondello has landed on her feet as the first coach in the history of the expansion <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/news\/sandy-brondello-reveals-why-she-chose-tempo-over-paige-bueckers-wings\/79aaabd4066e2f4770d9a3fa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto Tempo<\/a>, the Liberty have yet to decide on a replacement for the person who led them to their first-ever championship in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>New York has conducted a thorough search as Kolb aims to hire a championship-caliber coach to lead a star-laden roster that &#8212; pending free agency &#8212; may include Natasha Cloud, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones and Breanna Stewart. A new report indicates that Kolb has his eyes on a four-time NBA champion to lead this squad.<\/p>\n<p>Is Chris DeMarco bound for the Big Apple?<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Golden State Warriors assistant coach Chris DeMarco has emerged as a top candidate to land the Liberty job as the franchise&#8217;s lengthy search heads toward a conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post&#8217;s Madeline Kenney, DeMarco is one of four candidates under consideration at this late stage of the search. Toronto Raptors assistant\u00a0Jama Mahlalela, former Brooklyn Nets assistant Will Weaver and current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/phoenix-mercury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> assistant <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/new-york-liberty\/news\/liberty-close-former-nba-assistant-replace-sandy-brondello\/c5ffeac4a946e59757ffed8e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kristi Toliver<\/a>\u00a0are also in the mix.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Warriors assistant coach Chris DeMarco has emerged as a serious contender for the Liberty\u2019s head coaching job, multiple sources told The Post on Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SPy35yKzcl\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SPy35yKzcl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madeline Kenney (@madkenney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madkenney\/status\/1990955683424968892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 19, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>DeMarco, 40, was hired by the Warriors in 2012. A former video coordinator, DeMarco climbed the ladder in Golden State to become a top assistant on head coach Steve Kerr&#8217;s staff; he has been part of all four Golden State championship teams since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>If DeMarco joins the Liberty in the coming weeks, he would become the third NBA assistant to take over a WNBA team&#8217;s head coaching job in two years. Nate Tibbetts joined the Mercury from the Orlando Magic in October 2023, while the Portland Fire completed the appointment of Cleveland Cavaliers assistant <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/news\/wnba-fans-are-split-portland-fire-head-coaching-choice\/50508decea69dce177f96c11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Sarama<\/a>\u00a0last month.<\/p>\n<p>More WNBA news:<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been nearly two months since the New York Liberty fired head coach Sandy Brondello, as general&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-302191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}