Teresa Resch, president of the Toronto Tempo, on building a WNBA franchise
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Episode 567 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Teresa Resch, the president of the Toronto Tempo, which makes its WNBA debut in 2026. In this podcast Resch discusses the process of hiring Sandy Brondello as the franchise's first head coach; how the interviews with Brondello were conducted; the challenges of building a WNBA franchise; the number of employees the Tempo will need; the practice facility situation; what games will look like at Coca-Cola Coliseum; the team's ticketing situation; where things stand on media deals; how to think about merch and a mascot; philosophically, building with young players versus veterans; whether Golden State's success impacts the Tempo's thinking; interviewing for the Blackhawks GM role in 2022; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm your host, Richard Dyche. |
| 0:10.0 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:12.1 | One guest on this episode, but a prominent figure when it comes to the Canadian sports landscape. |
| 0:19.5 | Teresa Resch is the president of the WMBA Toronto Tempo franchise, |
| 0:23.6 | which begins play in 2026, |
| 0:26.6 | with the caveat that, yes, there still is a CBA that has to be negotiated and signed. |
| 0:32.6 | For 11 years, Teresa worked as a senior leader with the Toronto Raptors. |
| 0:40.3 | And under her, they launched their 905 G-League team, design and construction of where the Raptors practiced, the OVO Athletic Center. |
| 0:53.6 | She was a big part of the Raptors when they transitioned to |
| 0:56.5 | Tampa for the 2020-21 season and now is at the top of the pie chart for a franchise that has |
| 1:05.1 | not just a city, but an entire country, incredibly excited. She returns to this podcast and that |
| 1:10.6 | is appreciated welcome back |
| 1:11.9 | teresa rush always enjoy uh joining in uh it's been great to get to know you since we launched |
| 1:17.5 | the tempo uh likewise same as well same same for same here um okay um let's start here when did |
| 1:24.6 | you personally know that you wanted to hire Sandy Brandela? |
| 1:28.2 | To be clear, Monica Rogers, the general manager of the temple, really, really led that search |
| 1:35.5 | and had her eye on very established WMBA coaching veterans. I was just going to say veterans, |
| 1:44.2 | but you could consider that playing too. |
| 1:45.6 | So when we are talking, |
| 1:47.0 | Elmanica and I just about like, |
| 1:48.5 | who are targeting, |
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