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{{Short description|Australian basketball player and coach (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Sandy Brondello
| image           = Sandy Brondello 2024.jpg
| image_size      = 
| alt             = 
| caption         = Brondello with the [[New York Liberty]] in 2024
| position        = Head coach
| league          = [[WNBA]]
| team            = [[New York Liberty]]
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1968|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Mackay, Queensland]], Australia
| height_ft       = 5
| height_in       = 7
| weight_lb       = 136
| draft_league    = WNBA
| draft_year      = 1998
| draft_round     = 4
| draft_pick      = 34
| draft_team      = [[Detroit Shock]]
| career_start    = 1992
| career_end      = 2004
| coach_start     = 2005
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]]
| career_number   = 6
| years1          = [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]–[[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| team1           = [[Detroit Shock]]
| years2          = [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]–[[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| team2           = [[Miami Sol]]
| years3          = [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| team3           = [[Seattle Storm]]
| cyears1         = [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]–[[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| cteam1          = [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]] (assistant)
| cyears2         = [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| cteam2          = San Antonio Silver Stars
| cyears3         = [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]–[[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| cteam3          = [[Los Angeles Sparks]] (assistant)
| cyears4         = [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]–[[2021 WNBA season|2021]]
| cteam4          = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| cyears5         = 2017–present
| cteam5          = [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australia]]
| cyears6         = [[2022 WNBA season|2022]]–present
| cteam6          = [[New York Liberty]]
| highlights      = 
'''As player:'''
* [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]])
* 2× [[WNBL All-Star Five|WNBL All-Star]] (1994, 1995)
* [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award|WNBL Most Valuable Player]] (1995)
'''As coach:'''
* 2× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2014 WNBA Finals|2014]], [[2024 WNBA Finals|2024]])
* [[WNBA Coach of the Year Award|WNBA Coach of the Year]] (2014)
* [[WNBA Commissioner's Cup|Commissioner's Cup champion]] ([[2023 WNBA Commissioner's Cup|2023]])
* [[Australian Basketball Hall of Fame]] (2010)
| wnba_profile = sandy_brondello
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998 Germany]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]]|}}
{{MedalSport|Head coach for {{Flagu|Australia}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024 Paris]]|[[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#Australia|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2018 Spain]]|[[2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup squads#Australia|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2022 Australia]]|[[2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup squads#Australia|Team]]}}
}}

'''Sandra Anne Brondello''' (born 20 August 1968) 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]] (WNBA), and the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian women's national team]]. Brondello played in Australia, Germany and the [[WNBA]] before retiring to become a coach. The 5’7” (1.70 m) Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best [[shooting guard]]s. She played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four [[Summer Olympics]], has coached the team at two more, and won three medals (one bronze, two silvers) as a player and one bronze medal as a coach. She attended the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] in 1986–1987,<ref>{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra|isbn=174013060X}}</ref> and was inducted to the [[Australian Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name=hof/>

==Playing career==
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<ref name="Robb"/><ref name="Fader"/> Brondello's career began in Australia's [[Women's National Basketball League]], where she was named the Australian Basketball [[Player of the year award|Player of the Year]] in 1992. Brondello played for 10 seasons in the WNBL, reaching the playoffs on three occasions and being named [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] in 1995 as a member of the [[Brisbane Blazers]]. She also played between 1992 and 2002 in Germany for [[BTV Wuppertal]], winning ten national championships and the [[1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup]].<ref name=hof/>

Brondello started her [[WNBA]] career in 1998 by being selected in the fourth round (34th overall) by the newly formed [[Detroit Shock]], becoming an All-Star in the first [[Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star Game]] in 1999. She 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. After sitting out of the 2002 season due to a foot injury playing for Wuppertal during the WNBA offseason,<ref name="Kelly"/> Brondello signed as a free agent with the [[Seattle Storm]] in 2003, joining fellow Australians [[Lauren Jackson]] and [[Tully Bevilaqua]]. Brondello was one of the top three-point shooters in league history, her .410 percentage ranking fourth all-time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sandy_brondello/bio.html|title=Sandy Brondello Bio|website=WNBA|access-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040655/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sandy_brondello/bio.html |archive-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>

On the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian National Team]], Brondello joined the team before the age of 18 and remained on the Opals for 17 years,<ref name="Fader"/> and her 302 games made Brondello the third most capped Australian player, behind [[Robyn Maher]] and [[Karen Dalton (basketball)|Karen Dalton]]. Brondello's tournaments with Australia include four [[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championships]], with two bronze medals, and four [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic tournaments]], with two silver medals and a bronze.<ref name=hof>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/hall_of_fame/sandy-brondello-2/|title=2010 Hall of Fame: Sandy Brondello|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810201553/http://www.basketball.net.au/hall_of_fame/sandy-brondello-2/|archive-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> Twice she sat out of the WNBA due to Olympic commitments, in 2000 and 2004.<ref name="Robb"/><ref name="Dixon"/> The 2004 tournament in Athens turned out to be Brondello's last major event, with her afterwards investing in a coaching career.<ref name="Fader"/>

==Coaching career==
===WNBA===
In 2005, Brondello was named an assistant coach of the [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio Silver Stars]]. She was promoted to head coach in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/coachfile/sandy_brondello/index.html|title=WNBA.com: COACHES Sandy Brondello|access-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804032117/http://www.wnba.com/coachfile/sandy_brondello/index.html|archive-date=4 August 2009}}</ref>

In 2009 Brondello was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms Sandy Brondello |url=https://www.qsport.org.au/news/17622/|work=Queensland Sport Hall of Fame|publisher=qsport.org.au|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref>

Brondello and her husband, associate head coach Olaf Lange, were fired by the Silver Stars in September 2010. Brondello finished her only season as head coach with a 14–20 record, third best in the Western Conference. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Phoenix two games to none. General manager [[Dan Hughes (basketball)|Dan Hughes]] regained the title of head coach in January 2011, returning to the dual role he held before promoting Brondello.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Michelle|title=Silver Stars Fire Sandy Brondello, Husband After Playoff Exit|date=28 September 2010|website=NBA FanHouse|url=http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/09/28/silver-stars-fire-sandy-brondello-husband-after-playoff-exit/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929193119/http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/09/28/silver-stars-fire-sandy-brondello-husband-after-playoff-exit/|archive-date=29 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/wnba/2011-01-29-3415220292_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Silver Stars GM Hughes resumes dual role as coach | date=29 January 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103192920/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/wnba/2011-01-29-3415220292_x.htm|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Brondello would become an assistant coach for the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] for the 2011 season.

In November 2013, Brondello was hired by the [[Phoenix Mercury]] to replace interim coach [[Russ Pennell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercury Names Sandy Brondello Head Coach|date=15 November 2013|website=WNBA - Phoenix Mercury |url=http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_brondello_131113.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203115142/http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_brondello_131113.html|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> In her [[2014 WNBA season|inaugural season]], Brondello led the Mercury – which featured a former Opals teammate, [[Penny Taylor]] – to the league's top record and highest single-season win total in WNBA history, with 29 wins and 5 losses, earning her a [[WNBA Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercury Coach Sandy Brondello Named WNBA Coach of the Year After Guiding Phoenix to League's Best Record|date=22 August 2014|website=WNBA.com|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/mercury_coach_sandy_brondello__2014_08_22.html|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924171852/https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/mercury_coach_sandy_brondello__2014_08_22.html |archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> The Mercury eventually won the [[2014 WNBA Finals]] by sweeping the [[Chicago Sky]].<ref name="WNBA Best"/>

In April 2017, Brondello was appointed head coach of the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian women's basketball team]], the Opals. She combines this role with her WNBA coaching duties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/sandy-brondello-named-australian-opals-coach-on-road-to-2020-tokyo-olympics-20170418-gvmpn8.html|title=Sandy Brondello named Australian Opals coach on road to 2020 Tokyo Olympics|last=Ward|first=Roy|date=18 April 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=19 April 2017|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419194110/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/sandy-brondello-named-australian-opals-coach-on-road-to-2020-tokyo-olympics-20170418-gvmpn8.html|archive-date=19 April 2017}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercury Coaching Announcement|date=6 December 2021 |website=Phoenix Mercury|url=https://mercury.wnba.com/news/mercury-coaching-announcement/|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>

On 7 January 2022, Brondello was officially named the head coach of [[New York Liberty]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Magliocchetti|first=Geoff |title=New York Liberty to hire Sandy Brondello as new head coach (Report)|date=31 December 2021|website=Empire Sports Media |url=https://empiresportsmedia.com/liberty/new-york-liberty-to-hire-sandy-brondello-as-new-head-coach-report/|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Sandy Brondello and Ellie the Elephant.jpg|alt=Sandy Brondello coaching for the NY Liberty in August, 2024. She stands along the courtside, where the advertising behind her reads "The Ball is in Your Court." Liberty Mascot Ellie the Elephant is draped over the stands in the crod behind her|thumb|Sandy Brondello coaching for the [[New York Liberty|NY Liberty]] in August, 2024. [[Ellie the Elephant]] looks on.  ]]

===Australian National Team===
Brondello became the coach of the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian Women's national team]], the Opals in 2017.

At the [[2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup]] held in [[Tenerife]] in [[Spain]], the Australian team were runner-up beaten by the [[United States women's national basketball team|US]] 73-56 in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/team-usa-too-good-for-opals-in-womens-basketball-world-cup-decider/news-story/3b8eea4102511f5352c4c9caadc61bc5 |accessdate=17 August 2024 | title=Team USA too good for Opals in Women's Basketball World Cup decider | date=1 October 2018 | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | author=Amanda Lulham }}</ref>

In 2021 she coached the team at the delayed [[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Tokyo Olympics]]. The team was knocked out in the quarter finals by the US.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/tokyo-2020/tokyo-olympics-opal-go-down-to-usa-to-end-their-gold-medal-hopes-in-the-quarter-finals-c-3593927 |accessdate=17 August 2024 | title=Tokyo Olympics: Opals go down to USA to end their gold medal hopes in the quarter finals | date=4 August 2021 | newspaper=The West Australian | author=Steve Butler }}</ref>

The [[2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup]] was hosted by Australia, and played in Sydney. Australia came third in the tournament, being knocked out by [[China women's national basketball team|China]] in the semi final, and winning the third place playoff against [[Canada women's national basketball team|Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-01/lauren-jackson-goes-out-on-high-opals-win-world-cup-bronze-medal/101494052 |accessdate=17 August 2024 | title=Lauren Jackson ends Opals career on a high as Australia claims FIBA World Cup bronze, USA defends title | date=1 October 2022 | website=ABC }}</ref>

At the [[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024 Paris Olympics]], the Australian team won the bronze medal, the team's first Olympic medal since a bronze in 2012. They were beaten by the US in a semi final, and won the third place playoff against [[Belgium women's national basketball team|Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/olympics/australian-basketball-legend-lauren-jackson-wins-fifth-olympic-medal-as-opals-clinch-bronze-c-15666986 |accessdate=17 August 2024 | title=Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson wins fifth Olympic medal as Opals clinch bronze | date=12 August 2024 | author=Ben Sutton | website=7news }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Brondello is married to [[Olaf Lange (basketball)|Olaf Lange]], who is also a basketball coach and an assistant for the Liberty.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 July 2020|title=Married WNBA coaches living separately in bubble|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29504882/married-wnba-coaches-sandy-brondello-olaf-lange-living-separately-bubble-choice|access-date=21 July 2020|publisher=ESPN|language=en}}</ref> They have 2 children, Brody and Jayda.



==Career playing statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

===WNBA===
Source<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/b/badertr01w.html|title=Tricia Bader Binford WNBA Stats |website=[[Basketball Reference]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |accessdate=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|1998}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998 Detroit Shock season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|30° || 28 || '''33.1''' || .428 || .364 || '''.923''' || '''2.9''' || '''3.3''' || '''1.3''' || .0 || 2.1 || '''14.2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|1999}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 Detroit Shock season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 31.3 || '''.438''' || '''.487''' || .847 || 2.1 || 2.3 || .8 || '''.2''' || 2.3 || 13.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|2001}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 Miami Sol season|Miami]]
| 29 || 29 || 29.3 || .413 || .394 || .814 || 1.7 || 2.2 || 1.0 || .1 || 1.3 || 12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|2002}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 Miami Sol season|Miami]]
| 30 || 23 || 25.4 || .365 || .318 || .821 || 1.4 || 1.5 || .9 || .1 || 1.3 || 8.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|2003}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''34'''° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''34'''° || 28.7 || .415 || .438 || .806 || 1.6 || 2.0 || .9 || .1 || '''1.1''' || 8.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|5 years, 3 teams
| 155 || 146 || 29.6 || .414 || .410 || .854 || 1.9 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .1 || 1.6 || 11.4
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 WNBA Playoffs|1999]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 Detroit Shock season|Detroit]]
| 1 || 1 || 29.0 || .333 || .250 || &ndash; || 3.0 || .0 || '''2.0''' || '''1.0''' || '''1.0''' || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 WNBA Playoffs|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 Miami Sol season|Miami]]
| '''3''' || '''3''' || '''35.7''' || '''.361''' || '''.300''' || '''.833''' || '''3.3''' || '''2.3''' || .7 || .0 || '''1.0''' || '''11.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 2 years, 2 teams
| 4 || 4 || 34.0 || .354 || .286 || .833 || 3.3 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .3 || 1.0 || 10.8
{{S-end}}

==Head coaching record==
{{NBA coach statistics legend}} 
{{NBA coach statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 San Antonio Silver Stars season|SAS]]
| align="left" |[[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
|34||14||20||{{winning percentage|14|20}}|| align="center" |3rd in West||2||0||2||{{winning percentage|0|2}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2010 WNBA Playoffs|Western Conference Semi-Finals]]
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
| align="left" | [[2014 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| 34 || 29|| 5||{{winning percentage|29|5}}|| align="center" |1st in West||8 ||7 ||1 ||{{winning percentage|7|1}}
| align="center" |Won [[2014 WNBA Finals|WNBA Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2015 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| 34 || 20|| 14||{{winning percentage|20|14}}|| align="center" |2nd in West||4 ||2 ||2 ||{{winning percentage|2|2}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2015 WNBA Playoffs|Western Conference Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2016 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| 34 || 16|| 18||{{winning percentage|16|19}}|| align="center" |4th in West||5 ||2 ||3 ||{{winning percentage|2|3}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2016 WNBA Playoffs|WNBA Semi-Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2017 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2017 WNBA season|2017]]
| 34 || 18|| 16||{{winning percentage|18|16}}|| align="center" |4th in West||5 ||2 ||3 ||{{winning percentage|2|3}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2017 WNBA Playoffs|WNBA Semi-Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2018 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
| 34 || 20|| 14||{{winning percentage|20|14}}|| align="center" |2nd in West||7 ||4 ||3 ||{{winning percentage|4|3}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2018 WNBA Playoffs|WNBA Semi-Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2019 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2019 WNBA season|2019]]
| 34 || 15|| 19||{{winning percentage|15|19}}|| align="center" |5th in West|| 1 || 0 || 1 ||{{winning percentage|0|1}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2019 WNBA Playoffs|1st Round]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2020 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2020 WNBA season|2020]]
| 22 || 13 || 9 ||{{winning percentage|13|9}}|| align="center" |5th in West||2 ||1 ||1 ||{{winning percentage|1|1}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2020 WNBA Playoffs|2nd Round]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2021 Phoenix Mercury season|PHO]]
| align="left" |[[2021 WNBA season|2021]]
| 32 || 19 || 13 ||{{winning percentage|19|13}}|| align="center" |4th in West|| 11 || 6 || 5 ||{{winning percentage|6|5}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2021 WNBA Finals|WNBA Finals]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2022 New York Liberty season|NYL]]
| align="left" |[[2022 WNBA season|2022]]
| 36 || 16 || 20 ||{{winning percentage|16|20}}|| align="center" |4th in East|| 3 || 1 || 2 ||{{winning percentage|1|2}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2022 WNBA Playoffs|1st Round]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2023 New York Liberty season|NYL]]
| align="left" |[[2023 WNBA season|2023]]
| 40 || 32 || 8 ||{{winning percentage|32|8}}|| align="center" |1st in East|| 10 || 6 || 4 ||{{winning percentage|6|4}}
| align="center" |Lost in [[2023 WNBA Finals|WNBA Finals]]
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
| align="left" | [[2024 New York Liberty season|NYL]]
| align="left" |[[2024 WNBA season|2024]]
| 40 || 32 || 8 ||{{winning percentage|32|8}}|| align="center" |1st in East|| 11 || 8 || 3 ||{{winning percentage|8|3}}
| align="center" | Won [[2024 WNBA Finals|WNBA Finals]]
|-class="sortbottom"
| align="left" |'''Career'''
| || 406 || 242 || 164 ||{{winning percentage|242|164}}|| || 69 || 39 || 30 ||{{winning percentage|39|30}}
|
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Australian WNBA players]]
* [[WNBL Top Shooter Award]]
* [[WNBL All-Star Five]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Fader">{{cite web|last1=Fader|first1=Mirin|title=Sandy Brondello Loved Playing for Australia|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sparks/news/brondello_loved_playing_for_australia.html|website=WNBA.com|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Robb">{{cite news|last=Robb |first=Sharon|title=International Flavor|date=31 May 2001|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-05-31/sports/0105310238_1_sol-sandy-brondello-grass-court|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811061413/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-05-31/sports/0105310238_1_sol-sandy-brondello-grass-court|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2014|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Kelly">{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Omar|title=Brondello Takes It Easy on Bruised Foot|date=3 May 2002|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-05-03/sports/0205021216_1_sol-sandy-brondello-two-a-day-practices|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811062352/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-05-03/sports/0205021216_1_sol-sandy-brondello-two-a-day-practices|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2014|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Dixon">{{cite news|last=Dixon|first=Oscar|title=Faced with a choice, Olympians skip WNBA|date=20 July 2004|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/basketball/2004-07-20-wnba-olympians_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="WNBA Best">{{cite web|title=BEST TEAM EVER?|url=http://www.wnba.com/playoffs/2014/best_team_ever_2014_09_13.html|website=WNBA.COM|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* {{FIBA profile|new_id=100112|old_id=136}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040655/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sandy_brondello/bio.html |title=WNBA player file 2014 |date=dmy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051114071149/http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news/brondello_050324.html |title=Silver Stars bio |date=dmy}}
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