As assistant coach: Donald David Newman (November 22, 1957 – September 11, 2018) was an American professional athlete in basketball and Canadian football.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana,[2] Newman was a multi-sport athlete at its Brother Martin High School and graduated in 1975.

[3] Newman attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge as a freshman in the 1975–76 season and played on the LSU Tigers basketball team.

[4] After sitting out a year due to transfer rules, Newman played for the Idaho Vandals from 1978 to 1980 under new head coach Don Monson.

[18][22] He played in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1981–1983),[23] Montreal Concordes (1984), Ottawa Rough Riders (1985), and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1986) as a wide receiver.

[31] From 1987 to 1992, Newman was an assistant coach at neighboring Washington State in Pullman under Kelvin Sampson,[25] and earned his master's degree in education from WSU in 1989.