Austin Newton is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Berea College in Kentucky. In his first season at the helm, Newton was the named the Collegiate Conference of The South “Coach of the Year” in the inaugural season of the league. The Mountaineers won the most games (15) since 2016-17, tied for second in the league (7-5), and hosted their first ever post-season since joining Division III.

Prior to Berea College, Austin served as the Head Coach at Madison Southern High School in Berea. Before taking the reigns at Madison Southern, Newton spent many years at Eastern Kentucky University as a coach and administrator. From 2015-2018 he was the Assistant Athletic Director of Development & oversaw the fundraising efforts of the Colonel Club & EKU Athletics.

Newton served as the Basketball Director of Operations at EKU from 2008-10 before being promoted to a full-time assistant coach for the Colonels from 2010-15. Before his coaching stint at his alma mater, he spent two years at the University of Massachusetts (2005-07) under the tutelage of his college coach Travis Ford in the role of Video Coordinator.

Newton played collegiate basketball for four years at Eastern Kentucky (2001-05). He was a senior captain on the 2004-05 squad that earned a spot in the 2005 NCAA Tournament to play the Kentucky Wildcats in the first round.

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Grab your notebook before you listen to this episode with Austin Newton, Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Berea College in the state of Kentucky.

Website - https://bereaathletics.com/sports/mbball

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - @austinnewton

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