Gottlieb was succeeded as head coach by Charmin Smith, who had been on staff at California since 2007 and had served as Gottlieb's associate head coach since 2012. Strength and Conditioning Coach: . Smith played an integral role in the development of three of the Pac-10's top posts - Brooke Smith, Jayne Appel and Kristen Newlin - and in the spring of 2007, she switched her focus to working with the Cardinal guards, including three-time Pac-10 Player of the Year Candice Wiggins. 1156 HIGH STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 Copyright 2023 The Daily Californian, The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. The Bears ended the 201112 season with a record of 25-10. 20182023 WBB Blog. NCAA Division II Championship Game. Lindsay Catherine Gottlieb (born October 2, 1977) is an American basketball coach who is the women's head coach for the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference. We're an independent student-run newspaper, and need your support to maintain our coverage. Jarrod Olson was named the California Baptist University women's basketball head coach in April 2012 and has led the Lancers to immense success at the NCAA level. The talent gap was on full display last Friday in the Bears 43-63 loss to USC, a game in which Cal scored its fewest points by far this season. Head coach Lynne Roberts team is the best in the Pac-12 and one of the best in the nation on the offensive side of the floor, averaging 86.8 points per game this season. [44], Gottlieb was named the women's head coach at the University of Southern California on May 10, 2021. Following 12 consecutive losing seasons from 199394 to 200405, California began a resurgence under former Richmond head coach Joanne Boyle. She played basketball her freshman year as a guard for the Brown Bears, but after her mother died during her sophomore year, she decided to spend a year studying abroad in Australia. The season is over for Cals womens basketball team. 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[45], Sources: UCSB,[46] Big West Conference,[47] California[1] Pac-12[48], National champion According to Gottlieb, it took her "about 30 seconds" to accept. Reed comes to Cal after spending four years as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at University of Washington. "Whatever sports season it was, I wanted to play," says Gottlieb. In her first two years in Berkeley, Cal set then-school records for wins in a season, finishing both years with 27-7 marks before Cal pushed itself into elite status with the record-breaking 32-4 Final Four campaign in 2012-13. The first came in the form of a 4-point victory over No. Mar 10 TBA WBB. "What I said to our team in the locker room is that we can be disappointed about a half a basketball that we wish we had back. Disclaimers: The roster information, offers, and commitments are all unofficial. [2][9], Because of her experience as a player-coach at Brown, Gottlieb was hired as an assistant by Syracuse University head coach Marianna Freeman, the day after she graduated from college. Division regular season champion Tuitele, Charmin The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the . I can do that because I'm so confident in their focus. [17], In April 2011, Gottlieb's mentor, Joanne Boyle, left the University of California for the head coach job at the University of Virginia. Smith becamethe 10th head coach in Cal womens basketball history after spending12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the programs associate head coach since 2012. WBB. The team, led on the court by Oakland native Asha Thomas and 2019 WNBA draft first-round selection Kristine Anigwe, was eliminated in the second round by the Baylor Lady Bears, who went on to win the championship. [2] Schedule Schedule Feb 15 / Final Women's Basketball 58 at Long Beach State 68 Women's Basketball at Long Beach State February 15, 2023 7:00 p.m. Women's Basketball at Long Beach State February 15, 2023 7:00 p.m. Feb 18 / Final Women's Basketball 45 at UC Santa Barbara 63 Women's Basketball at UC Santa Barbara February 18, 2023 4:00 p.m. The Golden Bears were ranked #13 in the AP pre-season poll, their highest ranking since 2009. The University of Utah women's basketball team's dream season continued Tuesday with the release of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference honors.. She also oversaw the signing of the seventh-ranked recruiting class in the nation, the programs highest-ranked class since 2009. Email. 14 Arizona this past Friday. 13 Duke and No. TicketSmarter Ticket Resale Marketplace, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. That was more basketball games. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Now, the slumping Bears will face the high-flying Buffaloes on Friday morning in a milestone game for Smith. She has served on the Womens Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors and was hired in April 2019 to serve as an assistant coach for the WNBAs New York Liberty. Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He dreams of her hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" playing as balloons fall from the . 8 Utes to Haas Pavilion to cap off a daunting weekend home stretch. April Phillips joined the Cal women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in April 2019.Phillips comes to Cal after spending the last season at Arizona and previous coaching stints at Loyola Marymount and the University of New Haven.During her time in Tucson, Phillips helped Arizona to an impressive 2018-19 campaign in which the Wildcats captured the 2019 WNIT Championship and increased their win total by 18 from the previous season. At California, Gottlieb was involved in recruiting and scouting, and was the team's academic liaison. The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. Following her collegiate playing career, Smith joined the professional ranks in the ABL from 1997-98 as a member of the Portland Power and played three years in the WNBA, along with one year in the Swedish Basketball League. [19] Gottlieb inherited a very talented, but young team, which had ended the 201011 season losing seven of their last eight games. She stood as the California women's all-time rebounding leader and the school's all-time scoring leader (men or women) until 2019. De Loy, Kiaira She was previously the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's team before becoming an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith, Paul WSU then dominated play in the fourth quarter to stretch the lead. Editor's Picks. ND captured its first regular-season ACC crown since 2019 and its first outright title since 2017, which was the last of its four straight outright titles. Following Boyle's departure for Virginia, California hired UC Santa Barbara's Lindsay Gottlieb to be the ninth coach in Golden Bears history. Trending Videos. Onyiah, Leilani Develop the athletic skills of each student-athlete in season and out . [8] The Golden Bears were ranked No. Deborah Gebhardt served as the Golden Bears' inaugural coach. Pac-12 . The Bears made the NCAA Tournament each of three years that Gottlieb was an assistant in Berkeley. In her first two years in Berkeley, Cal set then-school records for wins in a season, finishing both years with 27-7 marks before Cal pushed itself into elite status with the record-breaking 32-4 Final Four campaign in 2012-13. [1] In just her second season at the University of California, Berkeley, Gottlieb led the 201213 Golden Bears to their first Final Four in school history, their first Pac-12 Conference championship, and the most wins ever by a Cal women's basketball team (32-4). Highly-regarded throughout the coaching ranks at both the collegiate and professional levels, Smith has played a key role in building Cal into one of the premier programs on the West Coast, handling duties from recruiting and scheduling, to alumni engagement and campus equity and inclusion. The complete 2021-22 schedule for Cal women's basketball was released on Monday, and the one disappointment is that former Golden Bears coach Lindsay Gottlieb will not be returning to Haas . There is no additional information to display: Cal has had ten 20-win seasons and made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament since Smiths arrival in Berkeley in 2007, highlighted by the programs first trip to the Final Four in 2013. Smith experienced a number of successes in her first year as head coach, leading the Golden Bears to three upsets over higher-ranked opponents. On the hardwood, Smith has helped coach the Bears to the top three individual seasons in program history. But one or several members of Cals backcourt Curry, fellow guard Leilani McIntosh and Utah transfer and redshirt sophomore guard Kemery Martn will need to play an outstanding game offensively to accompany a strong defensive performance. The third-year Irish coach was named ACC Coach of the Year on Tuesday evening. On the hardwood, Smith has helped coach the Bears to the top three individual seasons in program history. [43] Gottlieb became the first NCAA women's head coach to be hired by an NBA team. In her first season at Cal, Gottlieb's Bears had a 25-10 record, making her the first women's basketball coach to win 20 games in her first season at California. The Bears were no better from long distance, making just one of their 10 shots from beyond the arc. Harada will be embarking on his fifth season with the Titans in the fall of 2021. A St. Louis native, Smith was a star player for Stanford from 1993-97, helping the Cardinal to three NCAA Final Fours and three Pac-10 titles. [30] The Bears beat LSU to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time,[31] and then earned their first trip to the Final Four trip with a thrilling 65-62 overtime victory over Andy Landers' Georgia Bulldogs at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, WA. The ACC awards are voted on by a combination of the leagues coaches and a Blue Ribbon panel of mostly media. Pierre, Kai They also took #4 Stanford to overtime on the road, before falling 74-71. Elsnitz, Kemery [24], With almost the entire team returning for the 201213 season, expectations were high, and the Bears were ranked #13 in the AP pre-season poll, their highest ranking since 2009. Cal womens basketball head coach Charmin Smith is now in her fourth season in charge of the program. at UC Irvine. Inside The Lair. The 30-year-old Gottlieb was just the fourth head coach in UCSB history, and replaced retiring long-time coach, Mark French. Smith arrived at Cal for the 2007-08 under head coach Joanne Boyle and remained on staff when Lindsay Gottlieb became head coach in 2011-12. The win over the Sun Devils made the Golden Bears just the second 12-seed to win a game in the Pac-12 Tournament. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. [2] Gottlieb scheduled a demanding non-conference season, and the Gauchos pulled off a convincing 59-47 upset of Gonzaga. Postseason invitational champion She has served on the Womens Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors and was hired in April 2019 to serve as an assistant coach for the WNBAs New York Liberty. LOS ANGELES Cal State L.A. has named Tuonisia Turner-Lewis to be the University s next head coach for woman s basketball.