1. Doug Gottlieb was widely known at this time for his efficient ball-handling skills.
47 Facts About Doug Gottlieb
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Doug Gottlieb left Notre Dame after an incident in which he stole a classmate's credit card and used it to charge multiple purchases.
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Doug Gottlieb practiced with the team and traveled to road games as the assistant coach.
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In one game at Santa Ana Valley, Ground was ejected, and Doug Gottlieb coached the team to an overtime loss.
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Doug Gottlieb was perceived to be waiting on Baron Davis to choose a school, as UCLA and Georgia Tech both indicated that Doug Gottlieb was their second choice, after Davis.
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In 1997, Doug Gottlieb accepted an offer from Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton to attend the university.
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Doug Gottlieb started setting Oklahoma State assist records, breaking the school career mark with 500 and broke the school record of 22 career double-figure assist games.
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Doug Gottlieb was 7th in the Big 12 in both steals, with 53, and games, with 34.
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Doug Gottlieb notably entered a game with his shorts on backwards.
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Doug Gottlieb then took his shorts off while on the court, and put them back on correctly.
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Doug Gottlieb was guarded from cameras and taunting fans by a circle that his teammates formed around their embarrassed teammate.
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When Doug Gottlieb became a broadcaster after his playing days ended, this incident was mentioned in a press conference by North Carolina head coach Roy Williams.
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Doug Gottlieb broke all of Oklahoma State's assist records, and ranks tenth all-time in NCAA career assists, with 947.
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Doug Gottlieb graduated from Oklahoma State in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in marketing.
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Doug Gottlieb then took his basketball career overseas, which included a stop in Israel after signing with Maccabi Ra'anana.
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Doug Gottlieb played internationally at the professional level in France, Russia, and Israel.
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Doug Gottlieb then played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Summer League, and then was invited to return to the Oklahoma Storm.
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In 2002, Doug Gottlieb co-hosted a midday sports talk show on Oklahoma City radio station WWLS 640 AM, known locally as "The Sports Animal".
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Doug Gottlieb took the job in Oklahoma City only after securing a job to call college basketball games on ESPN and ESPN Regional.
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Doug Gottlieb was hired by ESPN Radio in September 2003 as co-host of ESPN Radio's GameNight.
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Doug Gottlieb's co-host was Chuck Wilson, one of the original voices of ESPN Radio.
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Doug Gottlieb would fill in on The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd and began hosting The NBA Today on Sundays.
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Doug Gottlieb worked as a studio analyst for ESPNews during the NCAA tournament.
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Doug Gottlieb was asked by ESPN to help launch ESPNU from Charlotte.
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The next basketball season, Doug Gottlieb became a mainstay on SportsCenter and as an analyst on ESPN and ESPN2 games.
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Doug Gottlieb caused a stir when he questioned the logic in the Big Ten's officiating crews.
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On radio, Doug Gottlieb would move to host The Pulse weekday evenings from 8 to 10 Eastern before moving to afternoon drive.
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Doug Gottlieb served as a college basketball analyst for ESPNEWS and wrote for ESPN.
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Doug Gottlieb was a frequent guest on other ESPN television shows including College Basketball Gameday Final.
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Doug Gottlieb occasionally appeared on the shows SportsNation and Mike and Mike in the Morning as a guest host.
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On July 31,2012, Doug Gottlieb announced that he was leaving ESPN to join CBS.
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Doug Gottlieb served as a studio and game analyst for CBS Sports' coverage of regular-season college basketball and joint coverage with Turner Sports of the NCAA basketball tournament.
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Doug Gottlieb co-hosted a nightly television show on CBS Sports Network called Leadoff.
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Doug Gottlieb's co-host was Allie LaForce, the former Miss Teen USA, who has become CBS' lead sideline reporter for college football.
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In 2013, Doug Gottlieb started participating in the CBS Sports Minute on CBS Radio stations throughout the country.
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In 2014, CBS decided to move the Doug Gottlieb Show to a TV simulcast format.
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Essentially canceling Leadoff, Doug Gottlieb's radio show and his longtime producer Adam Klug moved to New York City, where the show was on both radio and television at 3 pm Eastern on weekdays.
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In June 2022, Doug Gottlieb tweeted that Casey Close, the sports agent for Freddie Freeman, did not present the Atlanta Braves' final offer to Freeman before he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Doug Gottlieb coached Team USA in basketball at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal as the USA defeated France in the final in Jerusalem.
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On May 14,2024, Doug Gottlieb was named the head men's basketball coach at Green Bay.
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Doug Gottlieb will continue to host his daily radio show.
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On June 26,2011, Doug Gottlieb was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Doug Gottlieb is a member of the Oklahoma State University Foundation Board of Governors.
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In January 2016, Doug Gottlieb became a national spokesman for the American Cancer Society.
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Doug Gottlieb was born in Milwaukee while his father, Bob Doug Gottlieb, was the head coach of the Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team.
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Doug 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.
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Doug Gottlieb's brother Gregg is an assistant coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team.