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Long-time Tuscaloosa residents remember Martin Newton teaching passing drills and dribbling drills alongside his dad at youth camps that the Bama Bounders would show off at halftime of Alabama basketball games.
Granted, teaching a young pupil how to spin the rock on their finger was a lost art.
More than 40 years later, Newton can be found making mad dashes through airports on busy Monday mornings, traveling around the country with the basketball team at Samford University, the school he serves today as athletics director.
It’s not a life too far removed from what he knew growing up as the coach’s kid at the University of Alabama. When the C.M. Newton Classic rolls around each year, all of those memories come flooding back with the legacy left behind by one of Alabama basketball’s legends.
06-19-13 — Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Former University of Alabama basketball coach C. M. Newton at his home Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Michelle Lepianka Carter / Tuscaloosa News)
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“I’ve got so many memories throughout my entire life that have been about him and basketball, and I’m still in the basketball realm and athletics realm because of those great memories,” Martin said on Monday. He was at a Chicago airport en route to the Bulldogs visit to play Tom Izzo and the Spartans at Michigan State, following in the footsteps of his father.
From 1968 to 1980, C.M. Newton served the Crimson Tide as basketball coach. The Naismith Hall of Famer produced three consecutive SEC championships from 1974 to 1976 and led UA to postseason play six times in his tenure.
But those things wouldn’t have happened without the greatest mark that Newton left on the program that his since gone on to make a historic Final Four appearance last season.
Martin Newton, son of Alabama basketball legend, remembers father before C.M….
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-11-20 18:58:00
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