Overview
- The suspension applies to Friday’s game at Oakland, with Green Bay entering at 15-13 overall and 10-7 in Horizon League play.
- Gottlieb apologized in a statement, saying he respects officials and will be better moving forward.
- Green Bay’s chancellor and athletic director disagreed with the penalty, saying a reprimand or public censure would have been appropriate.
- Assistant Kerry Rupp will serve as acting head coach for the Oakland game in Gottlieb’s absence.
- The discipline followed a viral news conference after a 75-72 loss at Milwaukee, where Gottlieb slammed the table, used an expletive, questioned a technical foul and a free-throw disparity (Milwaukee 30 of 37; Green Bay 14 of 18), and referenced commissioner Jill Bodensteiner; the league said it will not comment further.