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American basketball coach

Jon Newlee Current position Title Head coach Record 213–171 (.555) Biographical details Born (1959-02-26) February 26, 1959 (age 67) Rialto, California, U.S. Alma mater San Diego State University Playing career 1977–1979 Chaffey CC Position Point guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1983–1986 Saint Mary's (asst.) 1986–1989 Southwestern CC 1989–1991 UTSA (asst.) 1991–1999 SMU (asst.) 1999–2002 Hawaii (asst.) 2002–2008 Idaho State 2008–2023 Idaho 2024–present South West Metro Pirates Head coaching record Overall 306–253 (.547) Tournaments 0–4 (NCAA) 2–5 (WNIT) 2–2 (WBI) Accomplishments and honors Championships Big Sky tournament (2007) 2× WAC tournament (2013, 2014) Awards PCC Coach of the Year (1989) 3× Big Sky Coach of the Year (2004, 2006, 2019) WAC Coach of the Year (2009)

**Jon Patrick Newlee** (born February 26, 1959) is the head women's basketball coach for the South West Metro Pirates, in the [NBL1 North](/source/NBL1_North) in Australia.[1] He previously served for 15 years as the head women's coach at University of Idaho[2] and prior to that served for six years as the head women's basketball coach at [Idaho State University](/source/Idaho_State_Bengals).

## Early life

Son of [Chaffey Community College](/source/Chaffey_College) basketball coach Barney Newlee,[3] Jon Newlee was born and raised in [Rialto, California](/source/Rialto%2C_California).[4] At [Eisenhower High School](/source/Eisenhower_High_School_(Rialto%2C_California)) in Rialto, Newlee played basketball and tennis; among his basketball teammates was future NFL Hall of Famer [Ronnie Lott](/source/Ronnie_Lott).[4][5] Newlee then attended Chaffey Community College and played two years of basketball before transferring to [San Diego State University](/source/San_Diego_State_University) in 1979.[4] Newlee graduated from San Diego State in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.[6]

## Coaching career

From 1983 to 1986, Newlee was an assistant coach at [Saint Mary's](/source/Saint_Mary's_Gaels_women's_basketball).[6][7]

Newlee got his first head coaching position in 1986 at [Southwestern College](/source/Southwestern_College_(California)), a junior college in [Chula Vista, California](/source/Chula_Vista%2C_California). In three seasons, he turned around its women's basketball program from two wins in his first season to a 22–6 record in the 1988–89 season. Newlee earned [Pacific Coast Athletic Conference](/source/Pacific_Coast_Athletic_Conference) Coach of the Year honors as a result.[7]

After Southwestern, Newlee returned to the major college ranks as an assistant with [UTSA](/source/UTSA_Roadrunners_women's_basketball) from 1989 to 1991, [SMU](/source/SMU_Mustangs_women's_basketball) from 1991 to 1999 under [Rhonda Rompola](/source/Rhonda_Rompola), and [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii_Rainbow_Wahine_basketball) from 1999 to 2002 under [Vince Goo](/source/Vince_Goo).[7]

After six seasons as head coach at [Idaho State](/source/Idaho_State_Bengals), Newlee became the ninth head coach in [University of Idaho](/source/Idaho_Vandals) women's basketball history on April 15, 2008.[6]

## Head coaching record

Source for Idaho State:[8]

Sources for Idaho:[8][9][10][11]

Record table Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (2002–2008) 2002–03 Idaho State 6–20 2–12 7th 2003–04 Idaho State 20–9 11–3 T–2nd WNIT First Round 2004–05 Idaho State 13–16 7–7 5th 2005–06 Idaho State 17–12 11–3 1st WNIT First Round 2006–07 Idaho State 17–13 11–5 T–2nd NCAA First Round 2007–08 Idaho State 20–9 12–4 2nd WNIT First Round Idaho State: 93–82 (.531) 54–34 (.614) Idaho Vandals (Western Athletic Conference) (2008–2014) 2008–09 Idaho 13–15 10–6 T–3rd 2009–10 Idaho 11–20 8–8 T–4th 2010–11 Idaho 15–16 7–9 T–5th WBI First Round 2011–12 Idaho 12–20 6–8 T–4th 2012–13 Idaho 17–16 11–7 3rd NCAA First Round 2013–14 Idaho 25–9 15–1 1st NCAA First Round Idaho (WAC): 93–96 (.492) 57–39 (.594) Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (2014–2023) 2014–15 Idaho 14–15 8–10 T–8th 2015–16 Idaho 24–10 13–5 T–2nd NCAA First Round 2016–17 Idaho 19–15 11–7 5th WBI Semifinals 2017–18 Idaho 19–14 13–5 2nd WNIT First Round 2018–19 Idaho 19–10 16–4 1st WNIT Third Round 2019–20 Idaho 22–9 15–5 2nd Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020–21 Idaho 17–7 14–3 2nd 2021–22 Idaho 14–18 11–9 6th 2022–23 Idaho 13–17 9–9 7th Idaho (Big Sky): 161–115 (.583) 110–57 (.659) Idaho (total): 257–171 (.600) 167–96 (.635) Total: 350–295 (.543) National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Newlee Appointed NBL1 Women's Head Coach 2024"](https://www.piratesbasketball.net.au/single-post/newlee-appointed-nbl1-women-s-head-coach-2024). *SWM Pirates*. October 18, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["University of Idaho and Head Coach Jon Newlee Mutually Agree to Part Ways"](https://govandals.com/news/2023/4/6/womens-basketball-university-of-idaho-and-head-coach-jon-newlee-mutually-agree-to-part-ways.aspx). *University of Idaho Athletics*. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [San Bernardino County Sun](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61232777/), December 27, 1976

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hawaii_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hawaii_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Hawaii_4-2) ["Assistant Coach Jon Newlee"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020110003033/http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/WBasket/newlee.html). University of Hawaii at Manoa. Archived from [the original](http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu:80/WBasket/newlee.html) on January 10, 2002. Retrieved June 17, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Anderson, Claude (January 8, 1977). ["Eisenhower tops Pacific"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/56968639/). *San Bernardino County Sun*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Idaho_bio_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Idaho_bio_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Idaho_bio_6-2) ["Jon Newlee"](http://www.govandals.com/coaches.aspx?rc=82&path=wbball). University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ISU_bio_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ISU_bio_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ISU_bio_7-2) ["Jon Newlee"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071101101104/http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/newlee_jon00.html). Idaho State University Athletics. Archived from [the original](http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/newlee_jon00.html) on November 1, 2007.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Big_Sky_standings_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Big_Sky_standings_8-1) ["Big Sky All-Time Records"](https://www.bigskyconf.com/documents/2015/10/23/2015_Women_s_BBall_Media_Guide_Section_3.pdf) (PDF). *2015-16 Big Sky Women's Basketball*. Big Sky Conference. 2015. pp. 95–97.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WAC_standings_9-0)** [*WAC Women's Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140330020556/http://www.wacsports.com/pdf9/2558951.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=10100) (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. 2013. pp. 85–86, 99. Archived from [the original](https://www.wacsports.com/pdf9/2558951.pdf) (PDF) on March 30, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2022-23 Record Book (PDF) - Big Sky Conference"](https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2022/11/7/22_23_WBB_Record_Book.pdf) (PDF). *bigskyconf.com*. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings"](https://bigskyconf.com/standings.aspx?path=wbball). *bigskyconf.com*. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

v t e Idaho State Bengals women's basketball head coaches Kevin Gilbride & Sandra Noakes (1974–1975) Nancy Shay (1975–1980) Beth Bricker (1980–1983) Mark French (1983–1987) Ted Anderson (1987–1995) Steve Hayes (1995–1996) Ardie McInelly (1996–2001) Shirley Huyett (2001–2002) Lynn Kennedy # (2002) Jon Newlee (2002–2008) Seton Sobolewski (2008– ) # denotes interim head coach

v t e Idaho Vandals women's basketball head coaches Deanne Ercanbrack (1974–1975) Bonnie Hulstrand (1975–1978) Tara VanDerveer (1978–1980) Pat Dobratz (1980–1986) Laurie Turner (1986–1994) Julie Holt (1994–1998) Hilary Recknor (1998–2001) Mike Divilbiss (2001–2008) Jon Newlee (2008–2023) Carrie Eighmey (2023–2024) Arthur Moreira (2024– )

v t e Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year 1983: Selvig 1984: Selvig 1985: Dobratz 1986: Selvig 1987: Selvig 1988: Selvig 1989: Selvig 1990: Selvig 1991: Selvig 1992: Selvig 1993: Spoelstra 1994: Daugherty & Selvig 1995: Selvig 1996: Selvig & Taylor 1997: Selvig 1998: Sanders 1999: Jerro 2000: McInelly 2001: McInelly 2002: Taylor 2003: Taylor 2004: Selvig 2005: Selvig 2006: Newlee 2007: Selvig 2008: Selvig 2009: Selvig 2010: Schuller 2011: Murrell & White 2012: Sobolewski 2013: Selvig 2014: Brewster 2015: Selvig 2016: Binford 2017: Brewster 2018: Ethridge 2019: Newlee 2020: Binford 2021: Binford & Sobolewski 2022: Sobolewski 2023: Binford, Campbell, & Payne 2024: Gleason 2025: Binford 2026: Moreira

v t e Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year 1991: Rasmussen 1992: Rasmussen 1993: Wilson 1994: Burns 1995: Burns 1996: Williams 1997: Burns & Elliott 1998: Elliott, Goo, & Rushing 1999: Collen & Elliott 2000: McConnell-Miller 2001: Mittie 2002: Richard 2003: Budke 2004: Budke 2005: McKinney 2006: Long 2007: Presnell 2008: Wiggins 2009: Newlee 2010: Wiggins 2011: Pebley 2012: LaKose 2013: Bonvicini 2014: Newlee 2015: Trakh 2016: Trakh 2017: Trakh 2018: Atkinson 2019: Olson 2020: Hoyt 2021: Olson 2022: Kellogg 2023: Mason 2024: Olson 2025: Miller 2026: Olson

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