The Tempo officially introduced two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello as the first head coach in franchise history on Tuesday, exactly six weeks after the New York Liberty declined to renew her contract, one year removed from the first WNBA championship in team history.

Brondello admitted Dallas was a possibility.

The Toronto Tempo are bringing in a big name to lead the franchise in their first season next summer. The WNBA’s newest expansion team announced the hiring of former New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello on Tuesday. The franchise hired Monica Wright Rogers as its first general manager in February.

Sandy Brondello reveals why joining the Toronto Tempo was her dream job as she prepares to build Canada’s first WNBA team from the ground up.

Brondello received offers from the Dallas Wings and Seattle Storm, per Front Office Sports’ Annie Costabile.

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How the WNBA Champs inspired one of the best basketball players in college

Sandy Brondello knows firsthand what it is like to join a WNBA expansion franchise. In 1998, she made her WNBA debut as a player with the Detroit Shock in the same season the franchise joined the league. “There was a freshness about it,” Brondello said. “There was just a lot of excitement because it was new.” Then, as is the case now, Brondello recognized the importance of building relationships. She worked to develop genuine connections with her Shock teammates outside the gym. She believed it