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11/03 08:58 CST New York Liberty fire coach Chris DeMarco after one
disappointing season
New York Liberty fire coach Chris DeMarco after one disappointing season
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- The New York Liberty fired coach Chris DeMarco after only one
season, the franchise announced Tuesday.
DeMarco came to New York in December after serving for more than a decade as an
assistant with the Golden State Warriors. He had no prior WNBA experience
before guiding the Liberty to the eighth seed in the regular season. After an
impressive first-round playoff sweep over the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx, the
Liberty were ousted by the Atlanta Dream in three games.
The Liberty coaching staff made a crucial mistake in Game 2 of the series not
knowing that they had a reset timeout left in overtime with the team trailing
by three late in that game.
Now New York will be looking for its third coach in three seasons. General
Manager Jonathan Kolb didn't retain Sandy Brondello after the 2025 season.
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