As manager Jeffrey Lynn Newman (born September 11, 1948) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher.

Newman was called up to the majors in June 1976, when he was 27 years old, and spent the rest of the season backing up Gene Tenace behind the plate.

[6] He backed up Manny Sanguillén in 1977, a season in which he threw out 51.8% of attempted base-stealers, third-best of all catchers in the American League.

He was batting .229 with 16 home runs and 52 RBIs when he was selected by AL manager Bob Lemon as Oakland's sole representative at the 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

[2] In his only career trip to the postseason, Newman went hitless in nine plate appearances in the American League West division series and ALCS.

[2] At the start of the December 1982 Winter Meetings, the A's sent Newman and outfielder Tony Armas to the Boston Red Sox for Carney Lansford, Garry Hancock, and minor leaguer Jerry King.

[12] As soon as his playing days ended, Newman returned to the Oakland A's as manager Jackie Moore's bullpen coach.

[14] The others were Gabe Kapler, Bob Melvin, Brad Ausmus, Norm Sherry, Harold “Lefty” Phillips, Lou Boudreau, and Lipman Pike.

He began wearing a tie for the first time in his career in 2002, serving as a field assistant for the Commissioner's Office of Major League Baseball until joining the Seattle Mariners as third base coach in 2005.