Assistant Track Coach John Newman

Co-captain of the 1993 Saint cross country team and a four-year runner for the Saints in cross country and indoor and outdoor track, John Newman has been assistant cross country and track and field coach since 1994 and became head men's cross country coach in 2001.

He serves as high jump coach and middle and long distance coach for the track team and is its recruiting director.

As cross country coach he has extended the Saint string of league championships and has earned league Coach of the Year honors including the 2004 Liberty League coaching award. The Saints will look for their 11th straight title in the fall of 2005.

A 1994 graduate of St. Lawrence, he has played a major role in the success of the men's cross country program over the last several years which includes nine straight conference men's titles and a string of three straight New York State Collegiate Track Conference cross country championships through 2002. The Saints also won the NCAA Regional championship in 1997 and 2000.

John is also the Saints director of club and intramural sports and is an avid canoeist in the off-season.