Mike Gottlieb

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Mike Gottlieb
Biographical details
Born (1956-10-24) October 24, 1956 (age 66)
Lynbrook, New York
Playing career
1977–1978 Nassau Community College
1979–1980 Towson
Position(s) First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1987Towson (asst.)
1988–2017Towson
Head coaching record
Overall733–821–10

Mike Gottlieb (born October 24, 1956) is a former American college baseball coach, serving as head coach of the Towson Tigers baseball program from 1988 to 2017. He was named to that position prior to the start of the 1988 season. [1]

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Playing career

Gottlieb played two seasons for Nassau Community College before transferring to Towson. He played first base for the Tigers and graduated in 1980. [1]

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Gottlieb earned a position as an Assistant Coach with the Tigers. He served for seven seasons until head coach Billy Hunter was promoted to Athletic Director. Gottlieb was named head coach immediately. Since being named head coach, the Tigers have played in four conferences, winning a single regular season title and three conference tournament championships. Gottlieb has led Towson to three NCAA Tournament appearance, won an America East Coach of the Year award, and placed two players in Major League Baseball.

During the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season, Towson announced that they would discontinue baseball and soccer. The players reacted angrily by blacking out the Towson name on their jerseys and exploring transfer options. As the players rallied around their coach, fourth seeded Towson raced through the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament to claim the title, then earned a first round win in the NCAA tournament before finishing third in the Regional. Amid controversy and national attention, funding was secured to keep the baseball program through at least the 2015 season. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Head coaching record

This table shows Gottlieb's record as a head coach at the Division I level. [1] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Towson (East Coast Conference)(1988–1992)
1988 Towson 30–17–112–2NCAA Atlantic Regional
1989 Towson 23–21–19–4ECC Tournament
1990 Towson 18–297–7ECC Tournament
1991 Towson 28–23–19–4NCAA Northeast Regional
1992 Towson 30–19–19–4ECC tournament
Towson (ECC):129–109–446–21
Towson (Big South Conference)(1993–1995)
1993 Towson 20–2514–9Big South Tournament
1994 Towson 18–298–19
1995 Towson 24–28–110–16
Towson (Big South):62–82–132–44
Towson (America East Conference)(1996–2001)
1996 Towson 17–298–148th
1997 Towson 24–289–146th AEC Tournament [lower-alpha 1]
1998 Towson 21–279–187th
1999 Towson 33–1920–71st AEC Tournament [lower-alpha 2]
2000 Towson 31–23–119–92nd AEC Tournament [lower-alpha 3]
2001 Towson 37–2317–113rd AEC Tournament [lower-alpha 4]
Towson (AEC):163–149–182–73
Towson (Colonial Athletic Association)(2002–2017)
2002 Towson 23–27–19–123rd
2003 Towson 28–2511–93rdCAA Tournament [lower-alpha 5]
2004 Towson 17–356–188th
2005 Towson 34–2413–114thCAA Tournament [lower-alpha 6]
2006 Towson 20–348–2211th
2007 Towson 21–3011–18T-10th
2008 Towson 30–2814–166thCAA Tournament [lower-alpha 7]
2009 Towson 28–2512–128thCAA Tournament [lower-alpha 8]
2010 Towson 19–3611–137th
2011 Towson 26–28–115–157th
2012 Towson 27–3115–156th CAA Tournament [lower-alpha 9]
2013 Towson 30–3014–136th NCAA Regional
2014 Towson 22–254–138th
2015 Towson 17–35–29–15–07th
2016 Towson 20–2510–14T–7th
2017 Towson 20–346–189th
Towson:382–472–4168–234
Total:733–821–10

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ The top six finishers of the America East's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 1997.
  2. ↑ The top four finishers of the America East's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 1999.
  3. ↑ The top four finishers of the America East's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2000.
  4. ↑ The top four finishers of the America East's eight teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.
  5. ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's ten teams qualified for the tournament in 2003.
  6. ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 2005.
  7. ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2008.
  8. ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.
  9. ↑ The top six finishers of the CAA's eleven teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mike Gottlieb Bio". Towson Tigers. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Carrie Wells; Scott Calvert (March 24, 2013). "Ire grows after Towson president cuts teams". Baltimore Sun . Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Don Markus (October 3, 2012). "Towson baseball coach Mike Gottlieb speaks about proposed cuts". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alejandro Zuniga Sacks (May 30, 2013). "Towson baseball staves off different kind of elimination". USA Today . Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gottlieb, Pinzino Earn Coaching Honors". Colonial Athletic Association. June 28, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Towson Baseball Players Blacked Out the School's Name on their Uniforms After Baseball & Soccer Were Cut". The Big Lead. March 13, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
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