Pete Newell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pete Newell

Canadian basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1915

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Nov-2008

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Peter Francis Newell (August 31, 1915 – November 17, 2008) was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach.
He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University and the University of California, Berkeley, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses.
He led the University of California to the 1959 NCAA men's basketball championship, and a year later coached the gold medal-winning U.S.
team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, a team that would be inducted as a unit to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
After his coaching career ended he ran a world-famous instructional basketball camp and served as a consultant and scout for several National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.
He is often considered to be one of the most influential figures in the history of basketball.