# Jon Newlee

Jon Patrick Newlee (born February 26, 1959) is the head women's basketball coach for the South West Metro Pirates, in the NBL1 North in Australia. He previously served for 15 years as the head women's coach at University of Idaho and prior to that served for six years as the head women's basketball coach at Idaho State University.

## Early life

Son of Chaffey Community College basketball coach Barney Newlee, Jon Newlee was born and raised in Rialto, California. At Eisenhower High School in Rialto, Newlee played basketball and tennis; among his basketball teammates was future NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott. Newlee then attended Chaffey Community College and played two years of basketball before transferring to San Diego State University in 1979. Newlee graduated from San Diego State in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.

## Coaching career

From 1983 to 1986, Newlee was an assistant coach at Saint Mary's.
Newlee got his first head coaching position in 1986 at Southwestern College, a junior college in Chula Vista, California. In three seasons, he turned around its women's basketball program from two wins in his first season to a 22–6 record in the 1988–89 season. Newlee earned Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors as a result.
After Southwestern, Newlee returned to the major college ranks as an assistant with UTSA from 1989 to 1991, SMU from 1991 to 1999 under Rhonda Rompola, and Hawaii from 1999 to 2002 under Vince Goo.
After six seasons as head coach at Idaho State, Newlee became the ninth head coach in University of Idaho women's basketball history on April 15, 2008.

## Head coaching record

Source for Idaho State:
Sources for Idaho:
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (2002–2008) ||||||
| 2002–03 | Idaho State | 6–20 | 2–12 | 7th | |
| 2003–04 | Idaho State | 20–9 | 11–3 | T–2nd | WNIT First Round |
| 2004–05 | Idaho State | 13–16 | 7–7 | 5th | |
| 2005–06 | Idaho State | 17–12 | 11–3 | 1st | WNIT First Round |
| 2006–07 | Idaho State | 17–13 | 11–5 | T–2nd | NCAA First Round |
| 2007–08 | Idaho State | 20–9 | 12–4 | 2nd | WNIT First Round |
| Idaho State: | Idaho State: | 93–82 (.531) | 54–34 (.614) | | |
| Idaho Vandals (Western Athletic Conference) (2008–2014) ||||||
| 2008–09 | Idaho | 13–15 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |
| 2009–10 | Idaho | 11–20 | 8–8 | T–4th | |
| 2010–11 | Idaho | 15–16 | 7–9 | T–5th | WBI First Round |
| 2011–12 | Idaho | 12–20 | 6–8 | T–4th | |
| 2012–13 | Idaho | 17–16 | 11–7 | 3rd | NCAA First Round |
| 2013–14 | Idaho | 25–9 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round |
| Idaho (WAC): | Idaho (WAC): | 93–96 (.492) | 57–39 (.594) | | |
| Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (2014–2023) ||||||
| 2014–15 | Idaho | 14–15 | 8–10 | T–8th | |
| 2015–16 | Idaho | 24–10 | 13–5 | T–2nd | NCAA First Round |
| 2016–17 | Idaho | 19–15 | 11–7 | 5th | WBI Semifinals |
| 2017–18 | Idaho | 19–14 | 13–5 | 2nd | WNIT First Round |
| 2018–19 | Idaho | 19–10 | 16–4 | 1st | WNIT Third Round |
| 2019–20 | Idaho | 22–9 | 15–5 | 2nd | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2020–21 | Idaho | 17–7 | 14–3 | 2nd | |
| 2021–22 | Idaho | 14–18 | 11–9 | 6th | |
| 2022–23 | Idaho | 13–17 | 9–9 | 7th | |
| Idaho (Big Sky): | Idaho (Big Sky): | 161–115 (.583) | 110–57 (.659) | | |
| Idaho (total): | Idaho (total): | 257–171 (.600) | 167–96 (.635) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 350–295 (.543) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||