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Enshrined: As a Contributor on October 13, 2000
Born: February 2, 1930 in Rockwood, Tennessee

High School:
Ft. Lauderdale High School (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), graduated 1948 High School Playing

Highlights:
Four-year letter winner in basketball
Three-time All-State player

College:
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), graduated 1952

College Playing Highlights:
Member of the 1951 NCAA Championship Kentucky team that went 32-2

College Coaching:
Transylvania College, 1956-68 (169-137)
University of Alabama, 1969-80 (211-123)
Vanderbilt University, 1982-89 (129-115)

Career Highlights:
- Athletic Officer, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. (1953)
- Led 1963 Transylvania team to NAIA National Tournament
- Integrated Transylvania College team in 1965 with first African-American player
- Recruited first black scholarship player, Wendell Hudson, at Alabama (1969)
- Led Alabama to three SEC Championships (1974, '75, '76), two NCAA Tournaments and four National Invitation Tournaments
- Named SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press four times (1972, '76, '88, '89) and the United Press International three times (1972, '78, '88)
- Led Vanderbilt to two NCAA Tournaments (1988, '89)
- During his 32-year coaching career, compiled a 509-375 record
- Assistant Commissioner, SEC (1980-81)
- Athletic Director, University of Kentucky (1989-2000)
- At Kentucky, hired Bernadette Mattox, the first African-American women's basketball coach (1995) and Orlando "Tubby" Smith, the first African-American men's basketball coach (1997)
- Member, NABC Board of Directors (1977-80, 1981-89)
- Chairman, NCAA Basketball Rules Committee (1979-85)
- As Chair of the Rules Committee, the 45-second shot clock, three-point shot and coaches box were implemented
- Team Manager, US Olympic men's basketball team (1984)
- Chairman, USA Basketball Games Committee (1988-1992)
- President, USA Basketball (1992-96)
- As President of USA Basketball, changed Olympic team from college players to NBA players and oversaw selection of 1992 Dream Team
- Gained greater financial support, marketing and promotion for women's national team (1996 U.S. Olympic Women's Team) which later paved the way for two women's professional leagues in the United States
- Member NCAA Division I Basketball Committee that organizes and oversees NCAA Tournament (1992-99)
- Chairman, NCAA Basketball Officiating Committee (1992-95)
- Member, FIBA Central Board (1994-present)
- Recipient, John Bunn Award, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1997)

Bio:
Charles Martin "C.M." Newton, a native of Rockwood, Tennessee, has been involved in the game of basketball for more than 50 years as a player, coach and administrator. As a player, Newton was a member of the 1951 University of Kentucky team that compiled a 32-2 record and won the NCAA championship. From 1956 to 1989, Newton coached at Transylvania College, the University of Alabama and Vanderbilt University and compiled a 509-375 record. He led Alabama to SEC championships in 1974, 1975 and 1976 and appearances in four NIT and two NCAA Tournaments. He led Vanderbilt into the 1988 and 1989 NCAA Tournament and was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1972, 1978 and 1979. Newton became athletic director at Kentucky in 1989 and is credited with hiring Bernadette Mattox, the school's first African-American women's basketball coach (1985) and Orlando "Tubby" Smith, the school's first African-American men's basketball coach (1997). Newton, who has served on numerous NCAA Division I Basketball Committee's, was President of USA Basketball from 1992 to 1996, when the U.S. Olympic Team went from college to professional players, and was instrumental in the selection of the original Dream Team in 1992.