Fox Sports activities radio host Doug Gottlieb is headed from the airwaves to the school basketball sidelines. Gottlieb has accepted the Inexperienced Bay head-coaching job, the staff introduced, and he may also proceed his Fox radio present that runs every day from 3 p.m. to six p.m. ET.
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Gottlieb, 48, has lengthy desired to teach on the faculty stage and popped up in varied searches by way of the years, together with interviewing at his alma mater, Oklahoma State, in 2017. He has spent the final 20 years working in media, together with stints at ESPN and CBS. He has not coached in faculty, although he beforehand coached the USA on the Maccabiah Video games in Israel.
“Each child has a dream rising up — some need to be firefighters, others need to be president. I’ve at all times needed to be a head basketball coach on the Division I stage,” Gottlieb stated in a press release.
However Inexperienced Bay turning to a media character just isn’t essentially the most surprising ingredient of this transfer. It’s nearly the equal of a college hiring a former NBA nice with none earlier teaching expertise, and Gottlieb has been entrenched within the faculty basketball world for years.
What’s unprecedented is the very fact Gottlieb will coach and proceed his nationwide radio present concurrently. Former Vermont coach Tom Brennan co-hosted a morning present in Vermont, however Gottlieb will host a nationwide radio present in the midst of the workday.
Inexperienced Bay was in a tough spot within the hiring cycle due to the timing of its opening. Sundance Wicks, who spent only one 12 months on the faculty, left Monday to simply accept the opening at Wyoming, which was created by Jeff Linder surprisingly leaving with three years left on his contract to turn into an assistant coach at Texas Tech.
Wicks orchestrated probably the greatest turnarounds within the sport this previous season, inheriting a staff that received three video games after which went 18-14.
Inexperienced Bay returns 4 of its eight main scorers however is changing its solely double-digit scorer in Noah Reynolds, who transferred to TCU. Wicks had already added 4 new gamers for subsequent 12 months’s roster, so Gottlieb should get to work retaining these recruits and the gamers on his roster. The gamers have 30 days to enter the switch portal due to the teaching change.
Gottlieb made a reputation for himself as the purpose guard at Oklahoma State within the late Nineteen Nineties, main the NCAA in assists in his closing two seasons with the Cowboys. He began his profession at Notre Dame and left after one season following an incident when he stole a teammate’s bank card and used it to make a number of purchases.
Along with his radio present, Gottlieb hosts a podcast referred to as “All Ball” the place he principally interviews basketball coaches.
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