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 Gottlieb in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Green Bay |
| Conference | Horizon League |
| Record | 5–30 (.143) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1976-01-15)January 15, 1976 (age 49) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1996 | Notre Dame |
| 1996–1997 | Golden West |
| 1997–2000 | Oklahoma State |
| 2000 | Oklahoma Storm |
| 2000–2001 | Salina Rattlers |
| 2001 | Ural Great Perm |
| 2001–2002 | Maccabi Ra'anana |
| 2002–2003 | Stade Clermontois BA |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2024–present | Green Bay |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–29 (.121) |
Douglas Mitchell Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976)[1] is an American basketball analyst,sports talk radio host andcollege basketballcoach who is the head men's basketball coach at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Gottlieb playedNCAA collegiate basketball, twice leading the nation in assists, and professional basketball (includingUSBL, leading the league in assists). In addition to his coaching duties at Green Bay, he works forFox Sports after tenures with thePac-12 Network,CBS Sports, andESPN.[2]
After signing anational letter of intent withNotre Dame, Gottlieb was their startingpoint guard during the 1995–96 college basketball season, starting all but the first four games and leading the team with 154 assists as well as steals and minutes played. Gottlieb was widely known at this time for his efficient ball-handling skills. He left Notre Dame after an incident in which he stole a classmate's credit card and used it to charge multiple purchases.[3][4]
Despite offers fromCincinnati,Alabama, and others to transfer and sit out a season on their campus, Gottlieb chose to sit out his transfer year at Golden West College. GWC was coached by his formerTustin High School coach Tom McCluskey, and Gottlieb took on the role ofredshirt player/coach. He practiced with the team and traveled to road games as the assistant coach. In addition, Gottlieb was a volunteer assistant at his high school, under Andy Ground. In one game atSanta Ana Valley, Ground was ejected, and Gottlieb coached the team to an overtime loss.[citation needed]
Gottlieb was perceived to be waiting onBaron Davis to choose a school, asUCLA andGeorgia Tech both indicated that Gottlieb was their second choice, after Davis. After Davis chose UCLA, where Gottlieb's family had season tickets for 20 years and his brother and sister were alums (sister was captain of the cheer squad), Gottlieb looked elsewhere to play college ball. His final schools wereMarquette, Georgia Tech, Alabama,Oklahoma State,Utah,Oregon, andTennessee. In 1997, Gottlieb accepted an offer from Oklahoma State coachEddie Sutton (under whom Gottlieb's father had once been assistant coach) to attend the university. He immediately took over as point guard for an Oklahoma State team that had gone 17–15 in consecutive years, and led the Cowboys to theNCAA tournament.[citation needed]
During his second year with Oklahoma State, Gottlieb led the NCAA in assists, with 299, and also led the nation in assists per game, with 8.8, only the second Cowboy to lead the nation in a statistical category.[5] He also started setting Oklahoma State assist records, breaking the school career mark with 500 (after only two seasons) and broke the school record of 22 career double-figure assist games. In a game againstFlorida Atlantic, Gottlieb set a school record and tied theBig 12 mark with 18 assists, and in theBig 12 tournament, he set the record for assists in a game (14) as well as in tournament play (38). He led the Big 12 in games, with 34.[5] The 1998–99 season culminated with another trip to theNCAA tournament.
As a senior, Gottlieb again led the NCAA in assists, with 293, and finished second in the nation in assists per game with 8.6.[5][6] He was 7th in the Big 12 in both steals, with 53, and games, with 34.[5] Gottlieb's senior season ended with a third consecutive trip to theNCAA tournament, and the team made it all the way to theElite Eight.[7] In addition to being named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention his senior year at Oklahoma State, Gottlieb was named the 1999 Big 12 Scholar Athlete Community Service Athlete of the Year.[citation needed]
Gottlieb notably entered a game with his shorts on backwards. He then took his shorts off while on the court, and put them back on correctly. He was guarded from cameras and taunting fans by a circle that his teammates formed around their embarrassed teammate. When Gottlieb became a broadcaster after his playing days ended, this incident was mentioned in a press conference byNorth Carolina head coach Roy Williams. After being questioned about criticism of his program by Gottlieb, Williams responded that Gottlieb "couldn't even put his pants on the right way." Williams then said "shorts on backwards, shorts on backwards," imitating the chant that opposing fans said to Gottlieb after the incident.[8]
Gottlieb broke all of Oklahoma State's assist records, and ranks tenth all-time in NCAA career assists, with 947.[as of?][9] He graduated from Oklahoma State in 2000 with abachelor's degree in marketing.
After graduating from college, Gottlieb went undrafted in theNBA draft but was the first pick of theOklahoma Storm in the 2000United States Basketball League draft.[6] Gottlieb's season with the Storm was successful, as he led the USBL in assists and helped the Storm to a 2nd-place finish in the team's inaugural season (losing to theDodge City Legend in the USBL Championship Game).
TheIdaho Stampede of theContinental Basketball Association signed Gottlieb on November 28, 2000, prior to training camp, and then released him on December 13, two days before their opening game.[10] On December 28, he signed with theSalina Rattlers of the (now defunct)International Basketball Association, and played in six games (four starts) before the team released him due to Gottlieb's intent to play overseas.[11]
Gottlieb then took his basketball career overseas, which included a stop inIsrael after signing withMaccabi Ra'anana. Gottlieb played internationally at the professional level inFrance,Russia, and Israel.
In February 2001, he joinedUral Great Perm of theRussian Basketball Federation, and helped the team win the league championship.[12][11]
Following Ural's season, Gottlieb traveled to Israel and won agold medal as the MVP for the United States team at the2001 Maccabiah Games.[13] In the title game, the U.S. team defeated Israel 82–71.[14]
He then played for theLos Angeles Lakers in theNBA Summer League,[11] and then was invited to return to the Oklahoma Storm. However, he and new coachKareem Abdul-Jabbar did not see eye-to-eye, and he was released before the season began.
Following his release, Gottlieb played the 2001–02 season in Israel with theMaccabi Ra'anana.[11]
In 2002, Gottlieb co-hosted a midday sports talk show onOklahoma City radio stationWWLS 640 AM, known locally as "The Sports Animal". Gottlieb took the job in Oklahoma City only after securing a job to call college basketball games on ESPN and ESPN Regional. In addition, Gottlieb called Oklahoma State games for the Cowboy Basketball Network. At the end of the 2002–2003 season, Gottlieb returned to France to play for Claremont Ferrand. Upon returning stateside he worked out with theMinnesota Timberwolves Summer League team and co-hosted theNBA draft onESPN Radio.
Gottlieb was hired by ESPN Radio in September 2003 as co-host of ESPN Radio'sGameNight. Gamenight was ESPN Radio's longest running show. Gottlieb's co-host wasChuck Wilson, one of the original voices of ESPN Radio. Gottlieb would also fill in onThe Dan Patrick Show,The Herd with Colin Cowherd and began hostingThe NBA Today on Sundays. Meanwhile, he also continued to call college basketball games on ESPN's family of networks. He also worked as a studio analyst forESPNews during theNCAA tournament.
Gottlieb was asked by ESPN to help launchESPNU fromCharlotte. The fledgling network was a company priority, and based upon his age, his relationship withMike Hall, the host, and the launch being March 3, the heart of college basketball season, Gottlieb accepted the position and stayed in Charlotte for a month.
The next basketball season, Gottlieb became a mainstay onSportsCenter and as an analyst on ESPN and ESPN2 games. He caused a stir when he questioned the logic in the Big Ten's officiating crews.[citation needed] His segment "Point of Contention" was just that, a contentious look at previously untouchable college coaches and issues. On radio, Gottlieb would move to hostThe Pulse weekday evenings from 8 to 10Eastern before moving to afternoon drive (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET). He also served as a college basketball analyst for ESPNEWS and wrote forESPN.com. Gottlieb was also a frequent guest on otherESPN television shows includingCollege Basketball Gameday Final.[15] He occasionally appeared on the showsSportsNation andMike and Mike in the Morning as a guest host.
Gottlieb andSyracuse basketball coachJim Boeheim have traded barbs since 2005 because of Gottlieb's criticism of what he regards as Syracuse's soft nonconference schedule and Boeheim's comments regarding Gottlieb's difficulties at Notre Dame. Boeheim has discussed their feud publicly.[16]
On July 31, 2012, Gottlieb announced that he was leaving ESPN to join CBS. He served as a studio and game analyst for CBS Sports’ coverage of regular-season college basketball and joint coverage withTurner Sports of the NCAA basketball tournament.[17] Gottlieb co-hosted a nightly television show on CBS Sports Network calledLeadoff. His co-host wasAllie LaForce, the former Miss Teen USA, who has become CBS' lead sideline reporter for college football. In addition toLeadoff,The Doug Gottlieb Show was moved to the newCBS Sports Radio network. Gottlieb's commentary and conversational interviewing style followed his show from ESPN Radio to CBS Sports Radio.
In 2013, Gottlieb started participating in the CBS Sports Minute on CBS Radio stations throughout the country. In 2014, CBS decided to move theDoug Gottlieb Show to a TV simulcast format. Essentially cancelingLeadoff, Gottlieb's radio show and his longtime producer Adam Klug moved toNew York City, where the show was on both radio and television at 3 p.m. Eastern on weekdays.
Beginning in April 2017, Gottlieb worked as a basketball analyst and radio host for Fox Sports.[18]The Doug Gottlieb Show moved toFox Sports Radio. Gottlieb was also an occasional substitute host onFox Sports 1 (FS1)'sThe Herd with Colin Cowherd, replacing original host Cowherd when he was on vacation.
In June 2022, Gottlieb tweeted thatCasey Close, thesports agent forFreddie Freeman, did not present theAtlanta Braves' final offer to Freeman before he signed with theLos Angeles Dodgers. Close sued Gottlieb for libel in July.[19] In September, Gottlieb acknowledged that he was wrong, based on incorrect information that he gathered from his sources, and apologized to Close.[20]
Along with then-University of Tennessee coachBruce Pearl, Gottlieb helped coach the United States team at the2009 Maccabiah Games. He coached Team USA in basketball at the2017 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal as the USA defeated France in the final inJerusalem.[18] He had formerly won a gold medal at theMaccabiah Games as a player, but said "It is more special to win as a coach."[18]
On May 14, 2024, Gottlieb was named the head men's basketball coach at Green Bay.[21] He will continue to host his daily radio show.
The team won two of their first five games before going on a losing streak. At a press conference after losing a home game to Milwaukee, he referred to playing perceived weaker teams as "Nobody U". Days later, his team lost to Michigan Tech, a Division II team.[22] The Phoenix lost 14 of their first 16 games after a previous season when they lost just 14 games for theentire season. By the halfway point of February, they had lost 20 games in a row.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Green Bay Phoenix(Horizon League)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Green Bay | 4–28 | 2–18 | 11th | |||||
| 2025–26 | Green Bay | 1-4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Green Bay: | 5–32 (.135) | 2–18 (.100) | |||||||
| Total: | 5–32 (.135) | ||||||||
On June 26, 2011, Gottlieb was inducted into theSouthern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[23] He is a member of the Oklahoma State University Foundation Board of Governors.[24] In January 2016, Gottlieb became a national spokesman for theAmerican Cancer Society.[25]
Gottlieb was born inMilwaukee while his father,Bob Gottlieb, was the head coach of theMilwaukee Panthers men's basketball team. Gottlieb isJewish.[26][27][28]
In November 2014, Bob Gottlieb, Doug's father, died of cancer. Gottlieb shared his father's death on Facebook and dozens of basketball teams at the high school and college levels wore orange in Bob's honor. His brother Gregg is an assistant coach for theGrand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team. His sister Wendy formerly worked in marketing for theOakland Raiders and is currently involved in philanthropy in Northern California.[citation needed]
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