Pete Newell

Pete Newell
January 2007
Biographical details
Born(1915-08-31)August 31, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedNovember 17, 2008(2008-11-17) (aged 93)
Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1939Loyola Marymount
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1946–1950San Francisco
1950–1954Michigan State
1954–1960California
Baseball
1946–1950San Francisco
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1960–1968California
1968–1971San Diego Rockets (GM)
1972–1976Los Angeles Lakers (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall233–123 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
NCAA University Division tournament (1959)
2 NCAA University Division Regional—Final Four (1959, 1960)
NIT (1949)
3 PCC regular season (1957–1959)
AAWU regular season (1960)
Awards
Henry Iba Award (1960)
NABC Coach of the Year (1960)
UPI Coach of the Year (1960)
FIBA Hall of Fame (2009)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1979
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006
Medal record
Head Coach for  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team

Peter Francis Newell (August 31, 1915 – November 17, 2008) was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses.[1]

He led California to the NCAA title in 1959, and a year later coached the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, a team that would be inducted as a unit to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.[2] After his coaching career ended, he ran a world-famous instructional basketball camp and served as a consultant and scout for several National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Peter F. "Pete" Newell". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  2. ^ "1960 United States Olympic Team". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Pete Newell was also the first college basketball coach to achieve the Triple Crown in coaching – NIT Champs (USF, 1949), NCAA Champs (Cal, 1959) – Olympic Gold Medal (1960).The Godfather, espn.com, accessed October 9, 2010.
  4. ^ Pete Newell Still The Footwork Master Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, scout.com, accessed October 9, 2010.
  5. ^ A beautiful basketball mind Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, www.sdhoc.com, accessed October 9, 2010.
    *Ortiz, Jorge L. Another legacy at Newell Many coaches with links to Heathcote, December 28, 2001.
    * Chin. pg. 135
    *Mandelbaum. pg. 329