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USC Trojans women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb blamed guns for the shooting that took place at Brown University in Rhode Island over the weekend.
The gunman, who was not immediately identified, killed two and wounded nine others in their rampage in Providence. A person of interest was arrested but later released.
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USC Trojans head coach Lindsay Gottlieb during the fourth quarter of an NCAA Tournament game against the UNC Greensboro Spartans at the Galen Center on March 22, 2025. (Robert Hanashiro/Imagn Images)
Gottlieb, who attended Brown, started his postgame news conference by talking about the shooting at the Ivy League school. The Trojans lost to the UConn Huskies, 79-51.
“It doesn’t have to be this way,” she said. “Sending thoughts and prayers to my teammates who have kids there. To the parents who have to worry about their kids, I’ll just end it with that, but just to say we’re the only country that lives this way.
“The college football cycle has been in the news a million times and do we have to report on this? It’s the guns. We’re the only country that lives like this. Parents shouldn’t be worried about their kid — I have a teammate who has a daughter who’s in the basement of a library because they don’t know what’s going on there. And she just wanted to be there tomorrow because I just wanted to fly there.”
A bouquet of flowers rests on snow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, on the campus of Brown University not far from where a shooting occurred, in Providence, Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Officials announced later Sunday evening that the person of interest had been released from custody and the investigation was continuing.
“Tonight we announced that the person of interest is being released,” Providence police said. “The investigation has been ongoing and remains fully active between all agencies. Since the initial call to 911, we have not received any specific threats to our community.”
USC Trojans head coach Lindsay Gottlieb talks to a referee during the second half of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament final game against the UCLA Bruins on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Gottlieb has coached at USC since the 2021-22 season. She is 100-39 in that span. She previously coached at UC Santa Barbara and Cal.
