Charles "C.M." Newton

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Fort Lauderdale, FL

Coach of NIT fourth-place teams in 1973 and 1977 before finishing third with Alabama in 1979
Freshman coach at Alabama under Hayden Riley in 1964-65
Scored 25 points in 22 varsity games in his two seasons under coach Adolph Rupp
Served in U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1955
Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI/USA)--1974 (14/19), 1975 (10/8), 1976 (6/7), 1977 (11/18) and 1988 (NR/NR/17)
All-Americans (seven): Alabama's Charles Cleveland (1975), Leon Douglas (1975 and 1976), T.R. Dunn (1977), Wendell Hudson (1973), Reggie King (1978 and 1979) and Eddie Phillips (1980) and Vanderbilt's Will Perdue (1988).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1955-56	Transylvania	9-8	6-5	4th	Ky. Conf.	DNP
1956-57	Transylvania	16-10				DNP
1957-58	Transylvania	18-12				DNP
1958-59	Transylvania	15-10	8-6	3rd	Ky. Conf.	DNP
1959-60	Transylvania	19-7	8-3	2nd	Ky. Conf.	DNP
1960-61	Transylvania	16-12	7-4	T-3rd	Ky. Conf.	DNP
1961-62	Transylvania	15-13	6-6	5th	Ky. Conf.	DNP
1962-63	Transylvania	20-9	8-4	T-2nd	Ky. Conf.	NAIA (1-1)
1963-64	Transylvania	7-17				DNP
1965-66	Transylvania	6-17				DNP
1966-67	Transylvania	14-10				DNP
1967-68	Transylvania	14-12				DNP
1968-69	Alabama	4-20	1-17	10th	SEC	DNP
1969-70	Alabama	8-18	5-13	9th	SEC	DNP
1970-71	Alabama	10-16	6-12	T-8th	SEC	DNP
1971-72	Alabama	18-8	13-5	3rd	SEC	DNP
1972-73	Alabama	22-8	13-5	T-2nd	SEC	NIT (2-2)
1973-74	Alabama	22-4	15-3	T-1st	SEC	DNP
1974-75	Alabama	22-5	15-3	T-1st	SEC	NCAA (0-1)
1975-76	Alabama	23-5	15-3	1st	SEC	NCAA (1-1)
1976-77	Alabama	25-6	14-4	3rd	SEC	NIT (2-2)
1977-78	Alabama	17-10	11-7	4th	SEC	DNP
1978-79	Alabama	22-11	11-7	T-3rd	SEC	NIT (4-1)
1979-80	Alabama	18-12	12-6	T-3rd	SEC	NIT (1-1)
1981-82	Vanderbilt	15-13	7-11	T-7th	SEC	DNP
1982-83	Vanderbilt	19-14	9-9	T-4th	SEC	NIT (1-1)
1983-84	Vanderbilt	14-15	8-10	T-7th	SEC	DNP
1984-85	Vanderbilt	11-17	4-14	10th	SEC	DNP
1985-86	Vanderbilt	13-15	7-11	7th	SEC	DNP
1986-87	Vanderbilt	18-16	7-11	T-8th	SEC	NIT (2-1)
1987-88	Vanderbilt	20-11	10-8	T-4th	SEC	NCAA (2-1)
1988-89	Vanderbilt	19-14	12-6	T-2nd	SEC	NCAA (0-1)

32-Year Coaching Record: 509-375 (.576) overall
169-137 (.552) in 12 years at Transylvania (KY)
211-123 (.632) in 12 years at Alabama
129-115 (.529) in eight years at Vanderbilt
195-165 (.542) in Southeastern Conference (131-85 with Alabama/64-80 with Vanderbilt)
5-10 (.333) in SEC Tournament (2-2 with Alabama/3-8 with Vanderbilt)
3-4 (.429) in NCAA Tournament
12-8 (.600) in NIT
1-1 (.500) in NAIA Tournament

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