Doug Gottlieb
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Douglas Michael Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
) is a former NCAA
collegiate basketball
player for the University of Notre Dame
and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League
. He is currently an ESPN
analyst and host of the ESPN Radio
show The Doug Gottlieb Show.
, where he was the Orange County
Player of the Year in 1995 for Tustin High School
. Gottlieb was a high school All-American who played in the Magic's Roundball Classic following his senior year. Gottlieb was considered the "Best in the West" point guard, as rated by the Long Beach Press-Telegram
. After signing a national letter of intent
with Notre Dame, Gottlieb was their starting point guard during the 1995-1996 college basketball season, starting all but the first four games and leading the team with 154 assists (against only 70 turnovers) as well as steals and minutes played. However Gottlieb's stint at Notre Dame would be short. During Gottlieb's freshman year, he stole credit cards from a roommate and fraudulently charged over $900 to those cards; subsequently, he was expelled from the team and eventually convicted of misdemeanor fraud. Gottlieb then transferred to Golden West College
where he concentrated on academics and earned an Associate of Arts in business.
In 1998, Gottlieb accepted an offer from Oklahoma State coach Eddie 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 lead the Cowboys to the NCAA tournament. After the season, Gottlieb was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and was named the 1998 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. During his second year in Stillwater, Gottlieb was again named All-Big 12 honorable mention and led the nation in assists (8.8 per game), only the second Cowboy to lead the nation in a statistical category. 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 against Florida Atlantic, Gottlieb set a school record and tied the Big 12 mark with 18 assists, and in the Big 12 tournament, he set the record for assists in a game (14) as well as in tournament play (38). The 2000 season would culminate with another trip to the NCAA tournament. As senior, Gottlieb finished second in the nation in assists with 8.5 per game. Gottlieb's senior season would end with a third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament and the team would make it all the way to the Elite Eight
.
He currently holds all of Oklahoma State's assist records and ranks tenth all-time in NCAA career assists with 947. Gottlieb graduated from Oklahoma State in 2000 with a bachelor's degree
in marketing. Although a heady point guard with a knack for getting the ball to his teammates, his shooting never match his passing as he would finish with a career scoring average of only 5.2 points per game, a 37.9 field goal shooting percentage, a 23.6 three-point field goal percentage, and a 45.3 free throw percentage.
draft but would be made the No 1 pick of the Enid, Oklahoma
United States Basketball League
team the Oklahoma Storm
in the 2000 USBL Draft. Gottlieb's season with the Storm would be 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 the Dodge City Legend
in the USBL Championship Game). Gottlieb then took his basketball career overseas, which included a stop in Israel
after signing with Maccabi Ra'anana. Gottlieb played professionally internationally, in France, Russia and Israel.
The Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association
signed him on Nov. 28, 2000, prior to training camp and then released him on Dec. 13, 2000, two days before their opening game. On Dec. 28, he signed with the Salina 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. In February 2001, he joined Ural Great Perm
of the Russian Basketball Federation
and helped the team win the league championship. Following Ural's season, Gottlieb traveled to Israel and won a Gold Medal as the MVP for the United States team at the Maccabiah Games
. In the title game, the US team defeated Israel 82-71. He then played for the Los Angeles Lakers
in the NBA Summer League
and then was invited to return to the Oklahoma Storm. However, he and new coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
did not see eye-to-eye and he was released before the season began. Following his release, Gottlieb played the 2001-2002 with the Israeli team Maccabi Ra'anana
.
. He would then move to host The Pulse
weekday evenings from 8 to 10 Eastern before moving to afternoon drive (4 P.M. to 7 P.M. ET). The hourly opening to his current program, The Doug Gottlieb Show, starts with the question, "Um, It is Doug Gottlieb, right?", a jab at his poor track record of actually hosting his own show. He also serves as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN2, additionally appearing on ESPNEWS and writing for espn.com. Gottlieb is also a frequent guest on ESPN
television shows, including SportsCenter
and also on College Basketball Gameday Final. He occasionally appears on the popular TV show SportsNation (TV series)
as a guest host.
Gottlieb and Syracuse University
basketball coach, Jim 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. Gottlieb and Boeheim refuse to discuss their feud publicly.
Along with then-University of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl
, Gottlieb helped coach the United States team at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
.
and fellow Oklahoma State alum, while attending Oklahoma State and has been married since August 2000. The couple have three children. Gottlieb's brother Gregg is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of California
.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
) is a former NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
collegiate basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player for the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
. He is currently an ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
analyst and host of the ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
show The Doug Gottlieb Show.
College basketball career
Gottlieb grew up in Orange, CaliforniaOrange, California
Southern California is well-known for year-round pleasant weather: - On average, the warmest month is August. - The highest recorded temperature was in 1985. - On average, the coolest month is December. - The lowest recorded temperature was in 1950...
, where he was the Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
Player of the Year in 1995 for Tustin High School
Tustin High School
Tustin High School is a public high school located in Tustin, California, United States. Tustin High was originally founded in 1921 as Tustin Union High School.Tustin High School is officially a Title I school and was a California Distinguished School...
. Gottlieb was a high school All-American who played in the Magic's Roundball Classic following his senior year. Gottlieb was considered the "Best in the West" point guard, as rated by the Long Beach Press-Telegram
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Press-Telegram is a daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Tracing its history to 1897, it is currently published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a division of newspaper conglomerate MediaNews Group, which purchased the newspaper from Knight Ridder in 1997; Ridder and Knight...
. After signing a national letter of intent
National Letter of Intent
The National Letter of Intent is a document used to indicate a student athlete's commitment to participating NCAA colleges and universities in the United States. The NCAA Eligibility Center manages the daily operations of the NLI program while the Collegiate Commissioners Association provides...
with Notre Dame, Gottlieb was their starting point guard during the 1995-1996 college basketball season, starting all but the first four games and leading the team with 154 assists (against only 70 turnovers) as well as steals and minutes played. However Gottlieb's stint at Notre Dame would be short. During Gottlieb's freshman year, he stole credit cards from a roommate and fraudulently charged over $900 to those cards; subsequently, he was expelled from the team and eventually convicted of misdemeanor fraud. Gottlieb then transferred to Golden West College
Golden West College
Golden West College or GWC, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities...
where he concentrated on academics and earned an Associate of Arts in business.
In 1998, Gottlieb accepted an offer from Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton is an American former college head coach with 36 years of Division I basketball coaching experience at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State , and the University of San Francisco...
(under whom Gottlieb's father had once been assistant coach) to attend the university. He immediately took over as point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
for an Oklahoma State team that had gone 17-15 in consecutive years and lead the Cowboys to the NCAA tournament. After the season, Gottlieb was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and was named the 1998 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. During his second year in Stillwater, Gottlieb was again named All-Big 12 honorable mention and led the nation in assists (8.8 per game), only the second Cowboy to lead the nation in a statistical category. 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 against Florida Atlantic, Gottlieb set a school record and tied the Big 12 mark with 18 assists, and in the Big 12 tournament, he set the record for assists in a game (14) as well as in tournament play (38). The 2000 season would culminate with another trip to the NCAA tournament. As senior, Gottlieb finished second in the nation in assists with 8.5 per game. Gottlieb's senior season would end with a third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament and the team would make it all the way to the Elite Eight
2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana...
.
He currently holds all of Oklahoma State's assist records and ranks tenth all-time in NCAA career assists with 947. Gottlieb graduated from Oklahoma State in 2000 with a bachelor's degree
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in marketing. Although a heady point guard with a knack for getting the ball to his teammates, his shooting never match his passing as he would finish with a career scoring average of only 5.2 points per game, a 37.9 field goal shooting percentage, a 23.6 three-point field goal percentage, and a 45.3 free throw percentage.
Professional basketball career
After graduating from college, the poor-shooting Gottlieb would go undrafted in the NBANational Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
draft but would be made the No 1 pick of the Enid, Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma
Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. In 2010, the population was 49,379, making it the ninth largest city in Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a...
United States Basketball League
United States Basketball League
The United States Basketball League , often abbreviated to the USBL, was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985. The final champions are the Kansas Cagerz, who won the title game on July 1, 2007.-History:...
team the Oklahoma Storm
Oklahoma Storm
The Oklahoma Storm was a United States Basketball League team located in Enid, Oklahoma. Founded by sports agent and attorney James Sears Bryant, the Storm successfully captured the USBL championship under head coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2002, defeating Kansas with a final score of 122-109. The...
in the 2000 USBL Draft. Gottlieb's season with the Storm would be 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 the Dodge City Legend
Dodge City Legend
The Dodge City Legend was a professional basketball franchise in the United States Basketball League, a minor league that played in the spring. The Legend won three USBL titles, in 2000, its first season, 2003 and in 2005....
in the USBL Championship Game). Gottlieb then took his basketball career overseas, which included a stop in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
after signing with Maccabi Ra'anana. Gottlieb played professionally internationally, in France, Russia and Israel.
The Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
signed him on Nov. 28, 2000, prior to training camp and then released him on Dec. 13, 2000, two days before their opening game. On Dec. 28, he signed with the Salina Rattlers
Salina Rattlers
The Salina Rattlers was a professional basketball club based in Salina, Kansas that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 2000-2001 season. The team folded along with the IBA after the 2000-2001 season....
of the (now defunct) International Basketball Association
International Basketball Association
The International Basketball Association was founded by Alexandria, Minnesota entrepreneur Thomas Anderson in 1995. Anderson traveled the Upper Midwest searching for franchise owners for a couple of years before the league began play with five teams in the 1995-1996 season...
and played in six games (four starts) before the team released him due to Gottlieb's intent to play overseas. In February 2001, he joined Ural Great Perm
PBC Ural Great
PBC Ural Great Perm was a Russian professional basketball club that was located in Perm, Russia. The club's home arena was Molot Sports Hall. The team played in the Russian Super League.-History:...
of the Russian Basketball Federation
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
and helped the team win the league championship. Following Ural's season, Gottlieb traveled to Israel and won a Gold Medal as the MVP for the United States team at the Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...
. In the title game, the US team defeated Israel 82-71. He then played for the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
in the NBA Summer League
NBA Summer League
The NBA Summer League is a period during which NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups. Typically, there is a mix of rookies and some of the younger bench players to see how well some players work with others...
and then was invited to return to the Oklahoma Storm. However, he and new coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
did not see eye-to-eye and he was released before the season began. Following his release, Gottlieb played the 2001-2002 with the Israeli team Maccabi Ra'anana
Bnei HaSharon
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya is a professional basketball club based in Herzliya, in central Israel. The club currently plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.The club was created by the merge of Maccabi Ra'anana and Bnei Herzliya in 2002...
.
Broadcast career
In 2002, Gottlieb co-hosted a midday sports-talk show on an Oklahoma City, OK radio station WWLS 640-AM known locally as "The Sports Animal". Gottlieb was hired by ESPN Radio in September 2003 as co-host of ESPN Radio's GameNightGameNight
GameNight is a weekend sports talk radio show hosted by John Seibel. GameNight is regarded as being the flagship series of ESPN Radio, being the network's first longform program and airing every night since the network's 1992 debut until July 21, 2008. On that day the weeknight run was replaced by...
. He would then move to host The Pulse
The Pulse (radio)
The Doug Gottlieb Show is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on ESPN Radio, that airs Monday-Friday from 4pm ET for three hours till 7pm ET. It replaced SportsNation on ESPN Radio and Gottlieb's former show, The Pulse...
weekday evenings from 8 to 10 Eastern before moving to afternoon drive (4 P.M. to 7 P.M. ET). The hourly opening to his current program, The Doug Gottlieb Show, starts with the question, "Um, It is Doug Gottlieb, right?", a jab at his poor track record of actually hosting his own show. He also serves as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN2, additionally appearing on ESPNEWS and writing for espn.com. Gottlieb is also a frequent guest on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
television shows, including SportsCenter
SportsCenter
SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
and also on College Basketball Gameday Final. He occasionally appears on the popular TV show SportsNation (TV series)
SportsNation (TV series)
SportsNation is a sports-related television program that airs on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN America and ESPNews. It is hosted by Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle. It is based on SportsNation, the fan forum and poll section of ESPN.com...
as a guest host.
Gottlieb and Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
basketball coach, Jim Boeheim
Jim Boeheim
James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. Boeheim has guided the Orange to eight Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three appearances in the national...
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. Gottlieb and Boeheim refuse to discuss their feud publicly.
Along with then-University of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl
Bruce Dean-Fredrick Pearl is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers men's team. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he obtained his first position as an assistant basketball coach. He was the first coach to lead...
, Gottlieb helped coach the United States team at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
2009 Maccabiah Games
The 2009 Maccabiah Games were the 18th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, being held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. On the 13th of July, more than 6,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at...
.
Honors
On June 26, 2011, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.Personal life
Gottlieb met future wife Angie, a native of Drumright, OklahomaDrumright, Oklahoma
Drumright is a city in Creek and Payne counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 2,905 at the 2000 census.-History:The town sprang up nearly overnight in 1912 after wildcatter Tom Slick struck oil on the farm of Frank Wheeler, causing a rush of speculators, oilfield workers, and...
and fellow Oklahoma State alum, while attending Oklahoma State and has been married since August 2000. The couple have three children. Gottlieb's brother Gregg is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
.
See also
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career assists leaders
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season assists leaders