Doug Gottlieb, the Fox Sports character just hired to be Wisconsin-Green Bay’s mind men’s basketball coach, will make$ 215, 000 in income this coming year, according to a copy of his work contract obtained by Sportico. In addition, Gottlieb will have a chance to earn various incentive bonuses ($ 200, 000 if the Phoenix win a national title ).
Gottlieb will be able to continue his much more lucrative multimedia work under the banner of Doug Gottlieb Productions Inc. thanks to his unique, five-year deal with the Horizon League school, which tops out at$ 305,000 in base pay in Year 5.
As part of his employment with UW-Green Bay, Gottlieb has entered into a” conflict management plan”, broadly outlined in a six-page document, which stipulates Gottlieb’s broadcasting work “may not interfere with ( his ) duties as head basketball coach” and will not “result in institutional expenditures for travel”.

In order to accomplish this, Gottlieb must obtain AD approval for “planned absences” at least seven days in advance and set his UWGB job prior to taking days off from his LLC outside work. The athletic director of the university will annually review the management plan, and Gottlieb’s assistant coaches and players will be” contacted” by the coach if they discover any additional conflict or are unable to make a reasonable contact with the coach.
Additionally, the school and Gottlieb entered into a separate agreement entitling Gottlieb to the “limited use” of his head coach’s office, school IT resources and “ancillary support from staff”, for the purposes of his broadcasting work. The agreement assesses a$ 6, 200 fair market value of this consideration, which it agrees to waive.
Gottlieb, a Milwaukee native who starred as a guard at Notre Dame and Oklahoma State during the mid-1990s, never coached college before.
Although Gottlieb has sussayed some unrest over the years, the UWGB agreement does not appear to contain any specific, proactive language beyond the typical “moral turpitude” and NCAA violations boilerplate found in many coaching contracts.
He would be required to receive separation pay equal to twice his base salary if he were fired without cause within the first two years of employment. That figure falls to one-and-a-half times his base salary in Year 3 and is equivalent to his base salary in the fourth and fifth years. On the other hand, Gottlieb would owe the school$ 850,000 in liquidated damages if he quits before the Friday following the NCAA men’s national game in 2026. That buyout would decrease to$ 650, 000 in 2027,$ 300, 000 in 2028 and$ 100, 000 in 2029.
A UWGB athletic spokesperson and requests for comment from Gottlieb and the university did not respond right away.