1. Sandra Anne Brondello was born on 20 August 1968 and is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Australian women's national team.
Sandy Brondello played in Australia, Germany and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach.
Sandy Brondello played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four Summer Olympics, has coached the team at two more, and won three medals as a player and one bronze medal as a coach.
Sandy Brondello grew up in Mackay, Queensland, where her parents had a sugar cane farm.
At the age of 9, she started to play basketball in a grass court her father built in the backyard Sandy 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.
Sandy Brondello played for 10 seasons in the WNBL, reaching the playoffs on three occasions and being named Most Valuable Player in 1995 as a member of the Brisbane Blazers.
Sandy Brondello started her WNBA career in 1998 by being selected in the fourth round by the newly formed Detroit Shock, becoming an All-Star in the first WNBA All-Star Game in 1999.
Sandy Brondello was selected by the Indiana Fever in late 1999's expansion draft, but never played a game for them, being traded to the Miami Sol along with a first-round pick for Stephanie White.
Sandy Brondello was one of the top three-point shooters in league history, her.
In 2005, Sandy Brondello was named an assistant coach of the San Antonio Silver Stars.
Sandy Brondello was promoted to head coach in February 2010.
In 2009 Sandy Brondello was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.
Sandy Brondello would become an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2011 season.
In November 2013, Sandy Brondello was hired by the Phoenix Mercury to replace interim coach Russ Pennell.
Sandy Brondello combines this role with her WNBA coaching duties.
On 6 December 2021, the Phoenix Mercury announced that the team and head coach Sandy Brondello had mutually agreed to part ways and that her contract, which expired after the 2021 season, would not be renewed.
On 7 January 2022, Sandy Brondello was officially named the head coach of New York Liberty.
Sandy Brondello became the coach of the Australian Women's national team, the Opals in 2017.
Sandy Brondello is married to Olaf Lange, who is a basketball coach and an assistant for the Liberty.