Chelsea Newton

Chelsea Newton (born February 17, 1983) is an American women's college basketball coach, currently the associate head coach at Texas A&M. Newton served as an assistant coach at Rutgers University from 2010 to 2015 and at Georgia from 2015 to 2022.

In 2006–07, Newton served as Director of player development for Rutgers’ National Runner-Up team. As a player, drafted in 2005 by the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs in the 2nd round overall pick 22. A member of the 2005 World Champions Sacramento Monarchs. Also a member of the 2005 All-Rookie Team. In 2007, Newton was chosen to the WNBA's 2nd Team All- Defense. After Sacramento folded in 2009, she was drafted by the Seattle Storm in the 2010 WNBA dispersal draft, but later retired before even playing a game with them.

Newton also played internationally in Israel, Poland, and Italy.

Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Newton played for Carroll High School in Monroe, Louisiana. Received numerous basketball accolades but most importantly was a high academic achieved. She was the Valedictorian of her high school class. Newton was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored fourteen points.

Career statistics

WNBA

†	Denotes season(s) in which Newton won a WNBA championship

Regular season

Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | bgcolor=#afe6ba align="left" | 2005† | align="left" | Sacramento |34||34||21.0||40.3||24.0||61.1||1.9||1.6||0.7||0.3||1.1||4.4 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Chicago |27||11||24.0||33.5||26.5||73.8||2.6||2.1||1.3||0.3||1.5||6.5 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Sacramento |34||34||20.5||37.6||33.3||76.9||1.8||1.4||0.9||0.2||1.2||6.4 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Sacramento |26||0||15.1||40.0||28.6||76.5||1.3||1.1||1.2||0.0||1.0||4.5 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Sacramento |23||0||14.6||37.1||33.3||66.7||1.3||1.7||0.8||0.1||0.7||3.0 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams |144||79||19.4||37.5||28.6||73.0||1.8||1.6||1.0||0.2||1.1||5.1 |}

Playoffs

Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | bgcolor=#afe6ba align="left" | 2005† | align="left" | Sacramento |8||8||22.8||42.9||50.0||66.7||1.8||1.0||0.3||0.0||1.4||5.8 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Sacramento |3||3||15.3||25.0||100.0||100.0||2.3||1.0||1.7||0.3||1.0||3.0 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Sacramento |3||0||14.7||71.4||100.0||100.0||0.7||1.0||0.7||0.0||0.7||4.3 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 3 years, 1 team |14||11||19.4||42.6||66.7||75.0||1.6||1.0||0.6||0.1||1.1||4.9 |}

College

NCAA statistics

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001–02	Rutgers	21	136	38.8	28.6	86.5	4.9	1.2	1.2	0.1	6.5
2002–03		29	313	43.7	42.9	72.0	4.9	2.5	1.9	0.4	10.8
2003–04		21	230	47.4	11.8	67.6	2.9	3.1	1.6	–	11.0
2004–05		33	310	41.2	35.5	78.3	4.1	2.3	2.1	0.3	9.4
Career		104	989	43.0	33.7	74.9	4.3	2.3	1.8	0.2	9.5

Notes

• WNBA.com: Chelsea Newton Playerfile

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