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Gregg Gottlieb is in his third year on the Golden Bear coaching staff after joining the program in the summer of 2007 after eight seasons as an assistant coach at San Diego State. Gottlieb brings tireless work ethic and coaching skills, paired with strong abilities in player development and recruiting.
Gottlieb has been a part of six teams that have advanced to the postseason since 2002, including last year's Cal squad that reached the NCAA Tournament.
Gottlieb started his coaching career as an assistant at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he was part of staff that helped turn the program around from a one-win season in 1994-95 to a 16-win campaign in 1995-96. In July 1997, Gottlieb moved to Sacramento State, where he served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He then joined the San Diego State staff in 1999 under head coach Steve Fisher.
Gottlieb began his tenure at San Diego State as director of basketball operations, a position he held for three years before being elevated to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator prior to the 2002-03 season. While at SDSU, Gottlieb helped the Aztecs earn four postseason berths - two NCAA and two NIT. San Diego State earned an NCAA Tournament nod in 2002, when the Aztecs finished 21-12, and they reached the NIT second round in 2004.
In 2005-06, the Aztecs were 24-9 overall and 13-3 in the MWC, capturing both the regular-season and tournament league titles, as well as an NCAA Tournament bid. SDSU also advanced to the second round of the NIT in 2007, compiling a 22-11 mark.
Among the players Gottlieb helped recruit to San Diego State were all-conference performers Marcus Slaughter, Brandon Heath and Mohamed Akubar. Each of SDSU's recruiting classes his last four years with the program was nationally ranked.
On the court, Gottlieb was a standout performer at El Modena High School in Orange, Calif., and a two-year letterman at Drake University in Iowa. After his playing career, he returned to California and earned his bachelor's degree in history with a minor in business from UCLA in 1995. He received an MBA from Cal Poly in 1997.
Gottlieb comes from an athletic family, as his father, Bob, is a former college coach who worked under Hall of Famer Jack Hartman at Kansas State and Eddie Sutton at Creighton. Bob Gottlieb was also head coach at Jacksonville and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In addition, his brother, Doug, was a star guard at Oklahoma State and currently serves as a basketball analyst for ESPN.
Gottlieb and his wife, Mandy, have two children, Gage and Tess.
