{"id":94943,"date":"2025-06-13T01:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/94943\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T01:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:43:23","slug":"wnba-coach-confirms-stance-on-knicks-vacant-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/94943\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Coach Confirms Stance on Knicks\u2019 Vacant Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA Coach Confirms Stance on Knicks\u2019 Vacant Job<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York Liberty are off to a 9-0 start this season, leading the Eastern Conference by three games and being the only WNBA team to remain perfect.<\/p>\n

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The Liberty\u2019s success this season can be attributed to several factors, including the leadership of championship-winning head coach Sandy Brondello, who took over ahead of the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

Before joining the Liberty, she spent eight seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, guiding the team to the 2014 WNBA title and winning Coach of the Year that same year.<\/p>\n

In addition to her WNBA role, Brondello has served as head coach of the Australian women\u2019s national team since 2017.<\/p>\n

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New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello. \u00a9 John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

On a separate note, the New York Knicks relieved five-year head coach Tom Thibodeau of his duties last week, despite just having their most successful season since 2000.<\/p>\n

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Since the move, the Knicks have requested interviews with several head coaches currently employed by other NBA teams. In all five reported instances, their request was rejected.<\/p>\n

Brondello spoke to the media on Thursday, and with the Knicks’ clear struggles to fill their vacancy known,\u00a0one reporter asked her about a potential move to join them.<\/p>\n

Writer Geoff Magliocchetti reported, “Sandy Brondello, with a laugh, confirms that the Knicks have not contacted her about their head coaching vacancy.”<\/p>\n

There remains no reason to believe Brondello is going anywhere, with her team sitting at a league-best undefeated record nearly a quarter of the way through the season.<\/p>\n

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The Liberty look ahead to Saturday to extend their win streak to 10. They’ll be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to take on the slumping Indiana Fever. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 pm ET on ABC.<\/p>\n

Related: Caitlin Clark Praised for What She Did After Indiana Fever\u2019s Defeat<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Indiana Fever President Sends Six-Word Message After WNBA\u2019s Kelsey Mitchell Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA Coach Confirms Stance on Knicks\u2019 Vacant Job originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Liberty are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,2559,459,304,6,1136,191,3801,3810,3806,6908,20593,458],"class_list":{"0":"post-94943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-head-coach","10":"tag-indiana-fever","11":"tag-knicks","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-knicks","15":"tag-new-york-liberty","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkknicks","18":"tag-phoenix-mercury","19":"tag-sandy-brondello","20":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114673523386823955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}