Lindsay Gottlieb Makes Smooth Adjustment to the NBA in Troubled Times

Making history as the first women’s college basketball coach to make the jump to the NBA, Lindsay Gottlieb navigates not only a career change as a wife and mother-but doing so during unprecedented times in American history. She reflects fondly of her time at Cal, calling it the best experience of her life along with what went into the decision to move to Cleveland. Gottlieb tells Dave what she’s seen first-hand with bigotry as a coach and how the killing of George Floyd resonates with her and the rest of the NBA. What she did to break into coaching will stretch the boundaries of what most believe of the concept of “above and beyond” as an example of passionate goal setting. The self-described “basketball nerd” gives her family credit for instilling a willingness to take chances in life and to “go for things that scare us.”