Cornell University Athletics

He rowed in the bow seat on the varsity crews of 1906 and 1907 that won Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships. He was also an All-America center on the 1906 football team and helped lead Cornell to a record of 21-8-2 during his three varsity seasons. After graduation from Cornell in 1907, Newman followed Coach Glenn S. (Pop) Warner to the Carlisle Indian School, where he became an assistant football coach. One of the players that Warner and Newman coached was the legendary Jim Thorpe. Newman then served as head coach at Georgetown for two years.