New is a native of Seminole, Oklahoma[1] and a graduate of Wheaton College.
New's first coaching position was as the defensive coordinator at Wheaton College of Illinois from 1968.
[1] He served as defensive line coach at Missouri from 1969 through 1970,[1] Arkansas from 1970 through 1974,[1] and South Carolina from 1975 through 1982.
[1] After retiring from coaching in 1998 New was the director of the Homer Rice Center for Sports Performance and then in 1999 became assistant director of athletics at Georgia Tech.
[1] In 2000, New was promoted to Senior Associate Director of Athletics and retired from Georgia Tech in 2007.