After a disappointing first-round playoff exit, Sandy Brondello is now not the pinnacle coach of the Liberty.
The staff introduced Tuesday morning it gained’t renew Brondello’s contract for the 2026 season.
The transfer ends Brondello’s four-year tenure as Liberty head coach, which incorporates the franchise’s first-ever WNBA title in 2024.
“We would like to thank Sandy Brondello for her everlasting impact on the New York Liberty,” Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb stated. “Sandy finishes her tenure in New York as the winningest coach in franchise history, and she took us to never-before-seen heights as the first head coach to lead the Liberty to a championship. We wish Sandy the very best in her next chapter.”
The franchise plans to start its seek for a brand new head coach instantly.
Brondello is the most recent WNBA head coach to be let go after an early playoff exit. After a first-round exit defeat in opposition to the Las Vegas Aces, the Seattle Storm determined to not renew Noelle Quinn’s contract.
Brondello and the Liberty misplaced, 2-1, to the Phoenix Mercury in a best-of-three first-round collection final week.
Together with the WNBA’s new enlargement franchises, there are actually 4 head coach openings: Liberty, Storm, Portland Fireplace and Toronto Tempo.
A brand new Liberty alternative will now should fill the footwear of the franchise’s wins chief. Brondello’s 107-53 document in New York places her atop the Liberty document books. She surpassed Richie Adubato’s 100-win mark in August.
Brondello’s whole document sits at 269-181 after 13 WNBA seasons with the Mercury and Liberty.
She additionally gained a title with the Mercury in 2014 in her first season in cost in Phoenix.
Initially Revealed: September 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM EDT
