The Mercury then hired Vanessa Nygaard, a coach with no professional coaching experience. Before hiring Brondello, the ...
PHOENIX – The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury today named Vanessa Nygaard (NYE-guard) the 10 th head coach in franchise history. Nygaard, born in Scottsdale, Ariz., has nearly two ...
Sandy Brondello, Becky Hammon, Vanessa Nygaard and Tanisha Wright. All four of these women have worn WNBA uniforms at some point in their basketball career, establishing the connection between ...
Former Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard was a coach of the Fire in 2000-01 while former assistant coach Tully Bevilaqua and forward Stacey Thomas both played during all three seasons of Portland ...
In 1998, Stanford lost Vanessa Nygaard to an ACL tear in the final game of the regular season and then Kristin Folkl four days later to the same injury. In that much different era, the Cardinal ...
What Nakase's experience in the NBA and WNBA means for the new Golden State franchise, which will begin play in 2025, and the league's coaching cycle.
"Please!" the six-time WNBA All-Star begged, turning towards head coach Vanessa Nygaard and clapping her hands. On the following play, New York guard Crystal Dangerfield blew past Diggins-Smith ...
Nakase interviewed for the Phoenix Mercury's head-coaching position in 2022 -- which went to Vanessa Nygaard, who stayed in the role less than a season and a half, going 17-31. In that time ...