Jon Newlee

Jon Newlee

Current position
Title	Head coach
Record	213–171 (.555)
Biographical details
Born	(1959-02-26) February 26, 1959 Rialto, California
Alma mater	San Diego State University
Playing career
1977–1979	Chaffey CC
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1986	Saint Mary's (asst.)
1986–1989	Southwestern CC
1989–1991	UTSA (asst.)
1991–1999	SMU (asst.)
1999–2002	Hawaii (asst.)
2002–2008	Idaho State
2008–2023	Idaho
Head coaching record
Overall	306–253 (.547)
Tournaments	0–4 (NCAA) 2–5 (WNIT) 2–2 (WBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky tournament (2007) 2× WAC tournament (2013, 2014)
Awards
PCC Coach of the Year (1989) 3× Big Sky Coach of the Year (2004, 2006, 2019) WAC Coach of the Year (2009)

Jon Patrick Newlee (born February 26, 1959) was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Idaho. He previously 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:		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):		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):		161–115 (.583)	110–57 (.659)
Idaho (total):		257–171 (.600)	167–96 (.635)
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