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2003-04
Men's Basketball
Andy Newman has made a rapid advancement through the collegiate coaching ranks as he rejoins Coach Bob Burton at Cal State Fullerton for the 2003-04 season. Newman, 28, and Burton both worked under Coach Ray Lopes at Fresno State last season, Burton as an assistant and Newman as basketball operations manager. After he was hired on July 1 at Fullerton, Newman turned down a lucrative offer from Lopes to return to Fresno State during the summer as a fulltime assistant. At Fresno State, Newman was involved in game management, film breakdown, housing coordination, fundraising, travel, financial aid, summer camps and was the team's academic advisor. He also organized team scheduling, assisted in recruiting and even tuaght a 3-unit theory class for the kinesiology department. Newman previously assisted Burton for two years at West Valley College in Saratoga. There he was the recruiting coordinator, offensive coach and was in charge of perimeter skill development. He also worked one year at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa where he performed similar duties. Newman graduated from Azusa Pacific in 1998 with a degree in business administration after playing one very successful season for the Cougars, who went 34-5 and advanced to the NAIA Final Four. Newman played previously at Southern Utah and West Valley. At Southern Utah he led the team in minutes played at 36.1 per game. At West Valley his teams went 65-6 with a pair of conference championships and state championship game appearances. He was selected to the all-tournament team at the 1996 state championships.
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