Nationally syndicated sports radio host Doug Gottlieb is stepping away from his job with Fox Sports to focus on his head coaching gig with the Green Bay Phoenix.
“These kids owe a fully dedicated coach. You only get one shot at this thing. If there’s any ounce of fatigue, or lack of preparation … I gotta be here for these kids,” Gottlieb said at a postgame news conference.
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Gottlieb became the head coach of Green Bay last season, and the team went 4-28 in his first year. So far, 13 games into the 2025-26 season, the Phoenix have already surpassed last year’s win total and sit at 6-7. Meanwhile, Gottlieb continued to host his national show on Fox Sports Radio, Monday through Friday, from 3-6 p.m. ET.
His agreement with the university has allowed him to coach the team while continuing his full-time radio show. Because of his radio schedule, Gottlieb had to modify the team’s schedule and even record shows from his campus office. Ultimately, balancing both became too overwhelming.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time,” Gottlieb said. “But these kids [deserve] a fully dedicated coach.”
While stepping back from radio, fans of Gottlieb’s show aren’t completely lost as he plans to keep producing podcasts from his home studio. Gottlieb has been a regular daily host for Fox since 2017, after a lengthy tenure with ESPN.
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In 2002, Gottlieb started his radio broadcasting career in Oklahoma City after playing college basketball in the late 1990s and professionally for a few years, both in the United States and overseas. Gottlieb played college ball at Notre Dame but was dismissed for his alleged role in a 1996 credit card fraud incident. He then bounced to Golden West College before finishing his collegiate career at Oklahoma State in 2000.
Basketball has always been Gottlieb’s first love, despite his long and successful career on the national radio airwaves.
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