James Otto Newton (March 28, 1882 – August 10, 1938) was an American football and basketball coach.
Newton earned his DDS degree from Ohio State University in 1903.
[1] Newton served as the head football coach at Heidelberg University from 1918 to 1920 and, also, as the school's head men's basketball coach from 1919 to 1921.
[2] Newton moved to Ada, Ohio to become the head football coach (1922–1923), men's basketball coach (1922–1927), and women's basketball coach (1922).
[3] # denotes interim head coach