CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Lindsay Gottlieb as an Assistant
Coach, Cavaliers General Manager Koby Altman and Head Coach John Beilein
announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.
“Lindsay Gottlieb will be a great addition to Coach Beilein’s and Coach
Bickerstaff’s group. She has an extensive track record of success and growth
with her teams and players and has also been a strong culture-driver as a core
part of that,” said Altman. “The more we researched and got to know Lindsay, the
more we came to understand that she would be an impactful part of where we want
to go as a team. Coach Gottlieb brings a depth of basketball knowledge,
leadership, perspective and approach to her craft that will fit very well with
our team and staff alike. We’re fortunate that she was willing to leave her role
as Head Coach at such a solid and successful program at Cal.”
“I am excited to have a coach with Lindsay’s experience as a part of the new
coaching staff with the Cavaliers,” said Beilein. “Lindsay truly values and
embraces player development and a culture of winning basketball habits. Her
success at Cal Berkeley speaks for itself and her insight in our meetings,
practices and games will hold tremendous value. After sitting with her, it was
easy to see how she will connect quickly with our staff and our players, and we
all benefit because of that connection. I’m looking forward to merging all of
her years of experience and vision for the game with our current and future
coaching staff.”
Gottlieb joins Beilein’s staff after serving eight years as the University of
California, Berkeley women’s basketball head coach, where she led the Golden
Bears to a combined 179-89 (.668) record (86-58, .597 in Pac-12) since taking
over the helm in 2011-12. Her 179 wins are the second-most by any head coach in
Cal women’s basketball history. During her tenure, Gottlieb led Cal to seven
overall NCAA tournament appearances (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019),
including the program’s first-ever Elite Eight and Final Four appearances in
2013 – becoming just the seventh NCAA women’s coach since 1990 to reach the
Final Four within the first two seasons leading a program. That same year, she
was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year by media and was a Naismith National Coach of
the Year Finalist, while also guiding the Golden Bears to their first Pac-12
Regular-Season Championship. Gottlieb coached five Cal players to 10 total
All-America seasons and saw six of her players become WNBA Draft selections
during her time as head coach. She holds 11 overall years of Division I head
coaching experience, posting a 235-128 (.647) overall record with Cal and UC
Santa Barbara (2008-2011), where she led the Gauchos to two Big West
Championships (2009, 2011) and was named Big West Coach of the Year in 2009.
“I am very thankful, proud and excited to be joining the Cavaliers as an
Assistant Coach. After meeting with Koby Altman, Coach Beilein and Coach
Bickerstaff, I knew this was an organization I wanted to be a part of and a team
I wanted to dedicate myself to,” said Gottlieb. “While this move provided a
unique and special chance to move directly from Cal Berkeley and women’s college
basketball to the NBA, it was really about being part of building and growing
something special and adding value to a team and organization that is focused on
doing things in a way that I believe strongly in.”
“The vision for the Cavs’ future is compelling and I look forward to helping
make it a reality. At the same time, on a personal level, I am honored to
hopefully impact young girls and women to be empowered to pursue their own
visions and to be inspired to turn them into reality as well.”
“I also want to thank Cal for what has been an amazing job, and really my home
and family, for the better part of 15 years. It is very difficult to say
goodbye. The university leadership, the athletic department, my fellow coaches,
staff and, most of all, our players have been wonderful and inspiring to work
with. The program is in great shape and I have no doubt it will continue to have
a high level of success.”
Prior to her experience as a head coach, Gottlieb additionally held numerous
assistant coaching positions with Syracuse (1999-2001), New Hampshire (2001-02),
Richmond (2002-05) and Cal (2005-07), while also being promoted to associate
head coach at Cal in 2007-08. The Scarsdale, N.Y., native played collegiately at
Brown University, where she graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in
political science. During her senior year, she was both a player and student
assistant coach, and received the Team Heart and Soul Award in 1999. While
coaching at Syracuse, she earned her Master’s degree in philosophy of education.
Gottlieb and her husband, Patrick, have one son, Jordan.
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