NCAA basketball: Green Bay’s Doug Gottlieb suspended after rant

The Horizon League suspended Inexperienced Bay Phoenix males’s basketball head coach Doug Gottlieb for one recreation on Wednesday following his epic tirade in opposition to the referee following a loss.

Gottlieb criticized the officers for what he mentioned was inconsistency within the calls in the course of the staff’s 75-72 loss to the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday. He’ll miss Friday’s recreation in opposition to Oakland.

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Inexperienced Bay basketball head coach Doug Gottlieb leaves the courtroom after a recreation in opposition to Wright State on February 1, 2026 on the Resch Heart in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Pictures)

“Gottlieb’s post-game feedback don’t mirror the League’s values ​​or expectations of sportsmanship. The Horizon League considers this matter closed and may have no additional remark,” the league mentioned in a press release.

Gottlieb apologized for his outburst.

“I wish to apologize to the Horizon League and the officers for my disparaging feedback after Sunday’s recreation,” he mentioned in a press release. “I perceive and admire how tough their job is, and respect what they do for the game of basketball. I can be higher capable of transfer ahead.”

Inexperienced Bay trailed 73-72 late within the recreation when Milwaukee’s Stevie Elam stole the ball from Phoenix participant Preston Ruedinger, who drove to the basket. Elam was fouled and made two free throws to extend the lead with one second left.

On the Panthers’ earlier possession, Amar Augillard drove to the basket and was fouled. He hit two free throws to offer the Panthers the lead. Gottlieb believed {that a} mistake ought to have been made.

“It is the very same piece as the opposite finish – it could not be extra related,” he mentioned. “And but each time they drove it was a violation. And each time we did that, it was blended.”

Inexperienced Bay basketball head coach Doug Gottlieb throughout a recreation in opposition to Wright State on February 1, 2026 on the Resch Heart in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. (Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Pictures)

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The Panthers have been 30 of 37 on free throws and Inexperienced Bay was 14 of 18.

Gottlieb was additionally upset a couple of technical foul he obtained. He slammed his arms on the press convention desk as he argued that he was not being “demonstrative” with officers.

“I would like the (Horizon) competitors to elucidate to me why I received a technical foul after I did not swear, I wasn’t demonstrative and I did not go away my field,” he mentioned. “All I mentioned was, ‘That is the identical piece as the opposite finish.’ All we ask is that there’s truthful play.

“That is what we’re asking. CJ O’Hara goes and will get an offensive rebound, their participant dives for his legs, CJ is named for a foul. I would like (Horizon League coordinator of males’s basketball officers Donnie Eppley) and the brand new commissioner (Jill Bodensteiner) to elucidate to me the disparity within the refereeing. That is what I would like to elucidate to me.”

Inexperienced Bay athletic director Josh Moon mentioned their division has spoken with Gottlieb about his actions.

Inexperienced Bay head coach Doug Gottlieb gestures to his gamers in the course of the first half of an NCAA basketball recreation in opposition to Kansas, Nov. 3, 2025, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photograph/Charlie Riedel, File)

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“We admire his apology and respect the commissioner’s determination, however we don’t imagine his actions warrant a suspension. We imagine a reprimand or public censure would have been applicable,” he mentioned.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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