Diana Taurasi and Sandy Brondello lead 2027 Hall of Fame class

Diana Taurasi and Sandy Brondello headline the 2027 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame class.

The announcement was made Thursday, November 5, 2026.

The induction ceremony is scheduled for June 26, 2027, in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Hall of Fame, founded in 1999, is located in Knoxville.

The class includes six inductees.

Diana Taurasi is the WNBA's all-time leading scorer.

She spent her entire professional career with the Phoenix Mercury.

Taurasi led the Mercury to three WNBA championships.

She was an All-WNBA selection 14 times.

She led the league in scoring five times.

Taurasi is also the WNBA's all-time leader in three-pointers and free throws made.

She retired on February 25, 2025.

She owns more Olympic gold medals than any other basketball player in history — six.

She also has three FIBA World Cup gold medals.

While playing overseas in Russia and Turkey, she won six EuroLeague championships.

Prior to her professional career, Taurasi played at UConn under coach Geno Auriemma.

She led UConn to three national championships.

She was twice the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four.

She was the consensus National Player of the Year in 2003.

Taurasi is known as one of the best trash talkers in league history.

Sandy Brondello is a two-time WNBA championship coach.

She won a title alongside Taurasi with the Phoenix Mercury in 2014.

That same year, she won WNBA Coach of the Year.

She then led the New York Liberty to their first title in 2024.

She also won a Commissioner's Cup crown with the Liberty in 2023.

Brondello became the first head coach in Toronto Tempo history in 2025.

She joined the expansion franchise after parting ways with New York.

The Tempo finished their inaugural season 11-33.

They ended with eight straight losses and only one win in their final 21 games.

It was the first time Brondello missed the WNBA playoffs as a head coach, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive seasons.

Despite the record, there were positives, including strong attendance and the rise of breakout guard Marina Mabrey.

Brondello has made four WNBA Finals appearances through her career.

She has coached in the WNBA since 2005 and spent 14 of those seasons as a head coach.

She also represented her home country of Australia as both a player and coach.

She led the Australian Opals to Olympic bronze at the 2024 Paris Games.

She also led them to a pair of FIBA World Cup silver medals in 2018 and 2022.

As a player, Brondello was a one-time WNBA All-Star, a WNBL MVP, and a three-time Olympic medalist.

On October 20, 2026, Brondello was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

The other inductees in the 2027 class include Mike Thibault.

Thibault is a three-time WNBA Coach of the Year.

He is a longtime WNBA coach and executive.

The class also includes Dee Kantner.

Kantner is a veteran WNBA and NCAA referee.

Dr. Judith Holland is also being inducted.

She is the former director of women's athletics at UCLA.

Molly Bolin Kazmer completes the class.

Nicknamed "Machine Gun Molly," she was arguably the greatest to play the 6-on-6 version of girls' and women's basketball popular for decades in states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa.