2008 Woodie Awards
Jon Newlee steps down
Courtesy of ISU Athletics Press Release
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: News
The 2007-08 season was a landmark one for Newlee and the women's basketball program. On Dec. 1, the Bengals picked up a cornerstone victory with a 76-64 win over UCLA in which ISU never trailed, which was win #78 for Newlee, making him the all-time leader at ISU. He followed that up just nine days later with another Pac-10 win, defeating Oregon State in Corvallis 79-73, giving ISU two Pac-10 wins, equaling the number of Pac-10 wins the program had since its inception in the 1974-75 season.
The 2007-08 season also saw one of Newlee's prized recruits, Natalie Doma, become the first player in school or Big Sky history to be named a National Player of the Year finalist, as she was named a finalist for both the State Farm Wade Trophy and for the Wooden Award. Doma also became both Idaho State's and the Big Sky Conference's all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
In his six seasons, Newlee coached 10 all-conference performers, including two Big Sky Players of the Year, a Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, a Big Sky Newcomer of the Year and a Big Sky Freshman of the Year. Newlee was also honored by his peers as the 2006 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year. He also has coached 22 Big Sky All-Academic honorees, and he should add at least six more to that total when the winter team is released later this month. Also under Newlee, the Bengals had three players earned Honorable Mention Associated Press All-American.
The run-and-gun offense employed during Newlee's time at Idaho State was his trademark. Last season the Bengals shot .832 from the free throw line, the best in NCAA history, regardless of division or gender. In 2006-07, the Bengals ranked third in the NCAA with a 79.5 scoring offense and also ranked third with 8.4 3-point field goals per game. Idaho State ranked in the top 20 in scoring in four of the past five seasons. Newlee also went 2-1 against Idaho while at the helm of the Bengals.
Idaho State will begin an immediate search for a new head coach, the 12th in the program's history. Newlee will be introduced to the Moscow media and Vandal Boosters at an introductory press conference/social on Monday, April 21 at the University Inn/Best Western starting at 5:00 pm Pacific time.
The 2007-08 season also saw one of Newlee's prized recruits, Natalie Doma, become the first player in school or Big Sky history to be named a National Player of the Year finalist, as she was named a finalist for both the State Farm Wade Trophy and for the Wooden Award. Doma also became both Idaho State's and the Big Sky Conference's all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
In his six seasons, Newlee coached 10 all-conference performers, including two Big Sky Players of the Year, a Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, a Big Sky Newcomer of the Year and a Big Sky Freshman of the Year. Newlee was also honored by his peers as the 2006 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year. He also has coached 22 Big Sky All-Academic honorees, and he should add at least six more to that total when the winter team is released later this month. Also under Newlee, the Bengals had three players earned Honorable Mention Associated Press All-American.
The run-and-gun offense employed during Newlee's time at Idaho State was his trademark. Last season the Bengals shot .832 from the free throw line, the best in NCAA history, regardless of division or gender. In 2006-07, the Bengals ranked third in the NCAA with a 79.5 scoring offense and also ranked third with 8.4 3-point field goals per game. Idaho State ranked in the top 20 in scoring in four of the past five seasons. Newlee also went 2-1 against Idaho while at the helm of the Bengals.
Idaho State will begin an immediate search for a new head coach, the 12th in the program's history. Newlee will be introduced to the Moscow media and Vandal Boosters at an introductory press conference/social on Monday, April 21 at the University Inn/Best Western starting at 5:00 pm Pacific time.
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posted 7/15/08 @ 11:19 AM MST
Newlee worked wonders with the Bengals. It was awesome watching them over a season - especially the newer players on the team - and see how they had progressed. (Continued…)
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