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Doug Gottlieb stepping away from radio show to focus on Green Bay hoops

Green Bay men’s basketball coach Doug Gottlieb plans to ‘take a break’ from his radio show. Gottlieb wants to put his complete focus on his coaching duties.

The former Oklahoma State guard was hosting a national sports talk radio show before he was hired by Green Bay in May 2025.

‘As of now, we’re going to take a break from it,’ Gottlieb said in his news conference after Green Bay’s 67-64 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday. ‘I’ve got to have a life. I’ve got to be there for these kids. I’ve got to really dig in because we’re building something cool here.’

Gottlieb expects to continue doing his podcast.

Green Bay has won two of its last three games since Gottlieb expressed his frustration after an 80-78 loss to Robert Morris on Dec. 4. Gottlieb was caught on camera throwing a chair on his way back to the locker room following that loss.

Green Bay was up by as many as 11 points with 3:54 left in the second half. But the Colonials cut Green Bay’s lead down to two points with 35.7 seconds left, when the Phoenix were called for a 10-second violation after not advancing the ball past midcourt.

Robert Morris made a go-ahead 3-pointer and Green Bay made just one of two free throw attempts to leave the game tied. Nikolaos Chitikoudis provided Robert Morris with the victory after making the winning layup with 2.4 seconds left to play.

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