Andy Newman, the winningest coach ever at his previous post at the University of Texas of Permian Basin, was selected to lead the CSUSB men’s basketball team. “Andy Newman is nationally recognized as one of the best basketball head coaches in Division II,” said CSUSB Athletic Director Shawn Farrell. “He demonstrates all that we are looking to accomplish at CSUSB. Andy has developed a program that succeeds at the highest levels on the court while ensuring the young men develop into men of strong character with their degree in hand.” 

“I like watching kids become the basketball players that they want to become,” Newman said,” but then also watching them become the men that they aspired to be off the court as well is very rewarding.” Newman, who obtained his master’s in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University, said he wants to establish a program that eventually will be among the top programs in the western region. “Our goals are very simple,” he said. “We want to be playing for a CCAA championship every year, and once we’ve established that, then we want to be in the western region every year. And hopefully, in three to five years, we will be one of the top teams in the western region year in, year out.”