Doug Gottlieb hired as Green Bay men’s basketball coach: Radio host steps onto court to lead the Phoenix

The likely final college carousel addition in this 2024 cycle just might be the most unexpected of them all. Green Bay has hired sports radio host and former Oklahoma State standout point guard Doug Gottlieb to be its next men’s basketball coach, the school announced Tuesday. It’s a splashy move for the Horizon League program, which is making its third coaching hire in five seasons and has one NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly three decades.

The contract is for five years. 

Gottlieb is a well-known and occasionally controversial sports media personality due to his oft-unfiltered opinions, but his reputation as a basketball analyst has long been held in high regard. Gottlieb has been a studio and in-game commentator on college basketball for the past two decades in his time at ESPN, CBS Sports and Fox Sports. He’s also been public over the years about his desire to get into college coaching; Gottlieb interviewed for the Oklahoma State job in 2017 and in fact was one of the finalists for the Green Bay opening in 2023.

He lost out last year to Sundance Wicks, who just left the Phoenix to be the coach at Wyoming after authoring a 15-win turnaround in 2022-23 at Green Bay. 

As part of the terms of his employment, Gottlieb will continue to host his nationally syndicated daily radio show for Fox Sports Radio, Phoenix athletic director Josh Moon told CBS Sports. It’s an unprecedented arrangement: Gottlieb will be a Division I coach and a member of the media simultaneously. 

“What he’s doing now is a two-hour radio show. Balancing that is no different than what others folks have dabbled in in this area,” Moon told CBS Sports. “This is different — I’m not saying it’s the same — but the commitment for that in terms of how many hours in the day, Doug can balance that with where he’s at in his career. His challenge is going to be: how do you balance the takes, the opinions and things that drive…

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Author : Matt Norlander

Publish date : 2024-05-14 19:44:11

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