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Steve Newton was born on 23 April, 1941 in Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S., is an American basketball coach. Discover Steve Newton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 23 April, 1941
Birthday 23 April
Birthplace Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1941

Steve Newton (born April 23, 1941) is an American basketball coach.

1953

Only Western Kentucky's E.A. Diddle had ever won or shared four straight OVC championships, from 1953 to 1957.

The Racers during Newton's tenure earned three NCAA tournament appearances and one NIT appearance.

1960

A native of Terre Haute, Indiana, he was a player at Indiana State University from 1960 to 1963.

A graduate of Terre Haute's Gerstmeyer Tech, he played high school basketball for the legendary Howard Sharpe, the winningest coach in Indiana high school basketball.

1963

After serving as head coach at two Indiana high schools, Reelsville H.S. 1963-65 and Plainfield H.S.1965-69, Newton served as an assistant coach under Ron Greene at the University of New Orleans from 1969 to 1973.

1971

In 1971, he helped lead the Privateers to a No. 1 ranking in the final Division II poll (21-1), as the team finished fourth in the NCAA Division II Regionals.

The following season, he helped lead New Orleans to third place in the NCAA Division II Regionals.

1973

On May 1, 1973, Newton was hired by athletic director Charles N. Shira to the Mississippi State University basketball coaching staff.

Under Head Coach Kermit Davis, Newton was in charge of recruiting, scouting and defensive play responsibilities.

1978

On May 11, 1978, following Davis' resignation, Greene was named head coach at Mississippi State by director of athletics Bob Tyler.

Greene joined assistants Newton and Mike Dill, who were already on the basketball staff.

In 1978, Newton was hired by athletic director Johnny Reagan at Murray State University as associate coach to newly hired Greene.

Newton served as associate coach under Greene from 1978 to 1985.

1985

He was men's head coach at Murray State University from 1985 to 1991 and at University of South Carolina from 1991 to 1993.

Newton was named head basketball coach at Murray State University in 1985 by President Kala Stroup, the board of trustees and Athletics Director Johnny Reagan.

In six seasons as the Racers head coach, Newton had an overall record of 116-65 (64%), an Ohio Valley Conference mark of 57–21, including a 43-7 (86%) in his last four seasons, and won four OVC regular season and three OVC Tournament titles.

1987

Newton became only the second coach in OVC history to lead his team to four consecutive league titles (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, and 1990–91).

1988

The high point of his career at Murray State came on March 18, 1988, when the Racers defeated North Carolina State 78–75 in the first round of the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

It was Murray State's first NCAA Tournament victory.

Murray State would lose to eventual national champion Kansas by three points in the second round; that game was KU's closest en route to the championship.

At the 1988 NCAA Basketball Coaches Convention, Newton was awarded the 1987-88 Kodak Basketball District 7 Coach of the Year in Division 1.

He was named OVC Coach of the Year twice (1988, 1990) and recruited and coached 15 All-OVC and four OVC Player of the Year selections, including Racer great Popeye Jones.

1991

Newton was named the South Carolina Gamecocks head basketball coach on July 11, 1991.

Highlights of the 1991–92 season included the Texaco Star Classic in San Diego, California, where the Gamecocks downed George Washington and host San Diego State in double overtime to win the title.

Leading scorer and rebounder Joe Rhett earned MVP honors.

The school had its first-ever SEC wins in back-to-back outings over Tennessee and Georgia at home.

The latter came in a thrilling, 71–69 game before an overflow crowd of 12,555.

The home regular-season play finished with an impressive 77–68 victory over Vanderbilt on senior day.

1992

He coached the inaugural Southeastern Conference game for the Gamecocks on January 4, 1992, against the University of Kentucky.

The 1992–93 season began with a 95–85 win at Tennessee and after seven games in the SEC had a winning 4-3 ledger.

Included in that span were home wins over Ole Miss and Georgia and another road victory at Florida.

Newton recruited forward Emmett Hall, who went on to play in the CBA, and coached swingman Jamie Watson, who played for the Utah Jazz, and Jo Jo English, who played in the CBA and two seasons with the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Newton had an overall record of 20-35 during his tenure at South Carolina.

1993

Newton resigned after two seasons as head coach of the Gamecocks and was named assistant athletics director at South Carolina at the end of the 1993 season by Athletics Director Mike McGee.

1995

After two years as the assistant athletics director at South Carolina, he became Athletics Director at University of Southern Indiana on April 13, 1995.

2001

He retired in 2001 and his Assistant A.D., John Mark Hall, was hired as his successor.

2007

Newton was inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 1, 2007.

2010

On February 6, 2010, Newton was inducted into the Murray State Athletics Hall of Fame in Murray, Kentucky.