Chelsea Newton

Chelsea Newton

Current position
Title	Associate head coach
Team	Texas A&M
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1983-02-17) February 17, 1983 Monroe, Louisiana
Playing career
2000–2005	Rutgers
2005	Sacramento Monarchs
2006	Chicago Sky
2007–2009	Sacramento Monarchs
Position(s)	Shooting guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2015	Rutgers (asst.)
2015–2022	Georgia (asst.)
2022–present	Texas A&M (associate HC)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
WNBA champion (2005) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2005) WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007) Big East Defensive Player of the Year (2005)

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, she signed with the Seattle Storm, 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

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2005	Sacramento	34	34	21.0	40.3	24.0	61.1	1.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.1	4.4
2006	Chicago	27	11	24.0	33.5	26.5	73.8	2.6	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.5	6.5
2007	Sacramento	34	34	20.5	37.6	33.3	76.9	1.8	1.4	0.9	0.2	1.2	6.4
2008	Sacramento	26	0	15.1	40.0	28.6	76.5	1.3	1.1	1.2	0.0	1.0	4.5
2009	Sacramento	23	0	14.6	37.1	33.3	66.7	1.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.7	3.0
Career	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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2005	Sacramento	8	8	22.8	42.9	50.0	66.7	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.4	5.8
2007	Sacramento	3	3	15.3	25.0	100.0	100.0	2.3	1.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	3.0
2008	Sacramento	3	0	14.7	71.4	100.0	100.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	4.3
Career	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

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

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	Rutgers	29	313	43.7	42.9	72.0	4.9	2.5	1.9	0.4	10.8
2003–04	Rutgers	21	230	47.4	11.8	67.6	2.9	3.1	1.6	–	11.0
2004–05	Rutgers	33	310	41.2	35.5	78.3	4.1	2.3	2.1	0.3	9.4
Career	Rutgers	104	989	43.0	33.7	74.9	4.3	2.3	1.8	0.2	9.5

Notes

• WNBA.com: Chelsea Newton Playerfile