Sandy Brondello
Sandy Brondello was born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia on August 20th, 1968 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 55, Sandy Brondello biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sandra Anne "Sandy" Brondello (born 20 August 1968) is an Australian women's basketball coach, and the current coach of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.
Brondello played in Australia, Germany and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach.
The 1.70 m (5'7") Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guards.
She played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four Summer Olympics, and won three medals (one bronze, two silvers).
She attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1986–1987, and was inducted to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Personal life
Brondello is married to Olaf Lange, who is also a basketball coach and an assistant for the Liberty.
Playing career
Brondello grew up in Mackay, Queensland, where her parents owned a sugar cane farm. She started playing basketball in a grass court her father built in the backyard Brondello's career began in Australia's Women's National Basketball League, where she was named the Australian Basketball Player of the Year in 1992. Brondello spent ten seasons in the WNBL, winning the playoffs on three occasions and being named Most Valuable Player in 1995 as a member of the Brisbane Blazers. She appeared for BTV Wuppertal in Germany from 1992 to 2002, winning ten national championships and the 1995-96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup.
Brondello began her WNBA career in 1998 after being selected in the fourth round (34th overall) by the newly formed Detroit Shock, making her an All-Star in the first WNBA All-Star Game in 1999. She was released by the Indiana Fever in late 1999's expansion draft, but she never played a single game for them, being traded to the Miami Sol along with a first-round pick for Stephanie McCarty. Brondello joined the Seattle Storm as a free agent after missing out of the 2002 season due to a foot injury while playing for Wuppertal during the WNBA offseason, joining Lauren Jackson and Tully Bevilaqua. Brondello was one of the top three-point shooters in league history, with her.410 percent placing fourth all-time.
Brondello, a member of the Australian National Team, joined the team before the age of 18 and spent 17 years on the Opals, and her 302 appearances made Brondello the third most capped Australian player, behind Robyn Maher and Karen Dalton. Four World Championships, two bronze medalists, and four Olympic tournaments have been held in Australia, with two silver medals and a bronze. In 2000 and 2004, she dropped out of the WNBA due to Olympic commitments. The 2004 tournament in Athens proved to be Brondello's last big event, with her then investing in a coaching career.
Coaching career
Brondello was named an assistant coach of the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2005. In February 2010, she was promoted to head coach.
Brondello was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009.
In September 2010, Brondello and her partner, associate head coach Olaf Lange, were fired by the Silver Stars. Brondello's only season as head coach, with a 14-20 record, her third best in the Western Conference. Phoenix lost by two games to none in the first round of the playoffs. Dan Hughes, the general manager, regained the title of head coach in January 2011, returning to the dual position he held before promoting Brondello. For the 2011 season, Brondello will serve as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks.
Brondello was hired by the Phoenix Mercury in November 2013 to replace interim coach Russ Pennell. Brondello led the Mercury, which featured Penny Taylor, a former Opals teammate, to the league's highest single-season win total in WNBA history, with 29 wins and 5 losses in her inaugural season, earning her the Coach of the Year Award. The Mercury also dominated the Chicago Sky in the 2014 WNBA Finals.
Brondello was appointed head coach of Australia's women's basketball team, the Opals, in April 2017. She will continue her work in this capacity alongside her WNBA coaching duties.
The Phoenix Mercury and head coach Sandy Brondello announced on December 6, 2021, that the team and head coach had mutually agreed to split up and that her deal, which had ended after the 2021 season, would not be renewed.
Brondello was officially named as the head coach of the New York Liberty on January 7, 2022.