What is Don Newman (basketball)?
[[File:Don Newman in 2013.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Newman in March 2013]] '''Donald David Newman''' (November 22, 1957 &ndash; September 11, 2018) was an American basketball coach and player and [[Canadian football]] [[wide receiver]] and an assistant coach for the [[Washington Wizards]] and [[San Antonio Spurs]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Newman was head coach of the [[Arizona State University|Arizona State]] [[Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball|Sun Devils]] for the 1997–98 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/sports/basketball-new-coach-wades-into-arizona-state-maelstrom.html|title=BASKETBALL; New Coach Wades Into Arizona State Maelstrom|first=Jere|last=Longman|date=26 November 1997|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> and the [[Sacramento State University|Sacramento State]] from 1992 to 1997. Newman played Canadian football for the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] from 1981 to 1983. He was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Newman died of [[cancer]] on September 11, 2018 in New Orleans at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/article/Former-Spurs-assistant-Don-Newman-dies-13224402.php|title=Former Spurs assistant Don Newman dies|publisher=My San Antonio|date=September 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/content/report-former-spurs-coach-newman-passes-away|title=Former Spurs coach Don Newman passes away|publisher=News4San Antonio|date=September 12, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/don-newman-2.html Sports reference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914094504/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/don-newman-2.html |date=2018-09-14 }} – Playing stats (college basketball) *[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/don-newman-1.html Sports Reference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113130629/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/don-newman-1.html |date=2018-01-13