Green Bay's 67-64 victory over UC-Santa Barbara caused tears for more than one reason for head coach Doug Gottlieb.

 

The Phoenix head coach announced after the nail-biting win that he was stepping away from his longtime syndicated radio show to focus on his head coaching duties. 

 

"I’ve been doing it for a long time, but these kids (deserve) a fully dedicated coach. I know I’m fully dedicated, but you only get one shot at this thing," Gottlieb said in his post-game presser after sharing a story about how a lawyer told him how he was listening the day he called in about the birth of his twin children over 20 years ago.

 

Gottlieb went on to say that while the live radio show will not be around, he will still produce his podcast in his time outside of his coaching duties in an effort to avoid future conflicts like flying behind his team's bus trip to Indianapolis and his Super Bowl radio row hits during the crunch of his team's Horizon League slate. 

 

"I have got to have a life, I have got to be here for those kids, and I have really got to dig in, because we are building something cool here,” Gottlieb said.

 

The Phoenix have already won more games this year (six) in 13 games than they did all of last year in 32 games.