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New Cavs Assistant Lindsay Gottlieb Prepares for the NBA Life

Cavaliers assistant coach Lindsay Gottlieb can be considered many things: a pioneer, a groundbreaker, a role model.

But, above all, she considers herself a basketball coach.

Earlier this summer, the Wine & Gold made Gottlieb the first NCAA women’s head coach to be hired as an NBA assistant – joining the staff of another standout college coach, John Beilein.

Gottlieb spent eight years as the head coach of Cal-Berkeley, where she led the Golden Bears to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and compiled a .