Wallace Joe "Chief" Newman (c. 1901 – November 6, 1985) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Newman played football and baseball at the University of Southern California (USC).
[1][2] Newman was Native American and an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians and the Mission Creek Band of Mission Indians which he led as president from 1957 until shortly before termination.
[3] In the early 1930s, he coached Richard Nixon, who was a reserve player for Whittier and went on to become president of the United States.
[4] Newman was briefly considered for the post of Commissioner of Indian Affairs by Nixon during his presidency.