• Entering his fifth season on the staff of the Golden
Bears following a highly successful eight year stint at
San Diego State. Since 2002, Gottlieb has been part of eight
squads - at Cal and SDSU - which have reached postseason play.
• Not only an excellent recruiter, Gottlieb is also
a tremendous teacher of the game, heavily involved in player
development for Mike Montgomery's Bears.
• A two-year letterman for Drake University during his playing
days, Gottlieb hails from a basketball family, with father Bob a
former college coach, and brother Doug a former guard at Oklahoma
State and current ESPN analyst.
Diary Series: Gregg Gottlieb, Asst. Coach - California
I can't believe the season is here!
We have had a much different offseason than most programs.
We started out with a foreign tour to Scandinavia. What an
amazing experience. This was my first time on a foreign tour
and any reservation I had about going disappeared soon after we
landed in Stockholm, Sweden.
We had such a great time. I was able to bring my family which
made it even more fun. The team really became a close knit
group after spending 10 days traveling the world. And, oh by
the way... we played five games as well! Hopefully that
experience will give us an advantage as we enter this season.
We also had a huge reality check a few weeks ago when Coach
Montgomery had surgery to remove a cancerous polyp found on his
bladder. He was extremely fortunate that they caught it at
the right time. But it also put things into
perspective. We all get so caught up in the team, recruiting
or the next opponent that we can overlook taking care of
ourselves.
Now we are about to get into the season and I know like most teams
at this point, they can't wait to get started. We
have three games in five days and then we are off to
Kansas City to play in the CBE Classic against Georgia.
We think we can be a pretty good team, but after our first five games we should have a better idea of who we are and what we are capable of achieving this season.
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