Career
He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1932–1935), North Carolina State University (1937–1943), the University of South Carolina (1944), and Guilford College (1945–1948), compiling a career college football record of 59–77–14. Newton was also the head baseball coach at Howard College, now Samford University in 1926 and 1930 and at North Carolina State from 1940 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball mark of 29–67–2. From 1932 to 1935, Newton coached football at Davidson and compiled an 18–13–5 record.
From 1937 to 1945, he coached at North Carolina State, where he compiled a 24–39–6 record.
In 1944, he coached at South Carolina and compiled a 3–4–2 record.
