https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah Mark Newman was head coach of the ODU baseball program from 1981 to 1989. He was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 en-us 2020-09-12 18:26:27 UTC 2023-01-26 18:21:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/722744966/6f769c44352e8c778fe9987a968c9a61/mark_newman_84ae22ba79420833.jpg ODUAthletics https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741157745 2020-09-12 18:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741157745 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741212694 I’d been around the game a long time but in a few months I learned more about the game than all the previous years combined. Quite frankly he made me a much better player and put ODU on the college baseball map. He enjoyed my academic success as well. He made us all better!]]> 2020-09-12 19:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741212694 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741233193 I played for Newman my first two years at ODU. I never appreciated his knowledge of the game within the game. Tough, dedicated and committed everyday. I came to ODU with a large freshman class of 15 plus guys and I know he was challenged with us with his previous success. He coached  us hard every day and may have broke a few bats puts some dents in the bench. He just loved the game. Sad day for the ODU family. Rest In Peace coach. ]]> 2020-09-12 20:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741233193 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741233449
When I was going thru my cancer ordeal in 1982 Coach Newman was behind me 100% and constantly encouraging me throughout. He had a major impact and influence on my life as he has done with all the guys that played and coached for him. He put ODU baseball on the map and the memories and friendships that I have till this day I will cherish forever. He brought us all together guys from all walks of life. We lost a baseball legend today. Thanks for everything Coach! We will miss you. ]]> 2020-09-12 20:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741233449 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741236530 I had the privilege of playing for 2years under Coach Newman. I learned more about baseball and of myself in those 2years than ever before. Thank you and rest in peace Coach.,Tonymo... Tony Morris ]]> 2020-09-12 20:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741236530 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741440385 Great baseball man at all levels. I would visit with Mark during spring training and he would take time to show me around . A good man that will be missed. A true Yankee !]]> 2020-09-13 03:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741440385 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741835493 I was Coach Newman’s first equipment manger when he arrived at ODU. He inherited a team of young guys hungry for success. We worked hard, quickly learned a new culture, and began to understand the new expectations of success for ODU baseball. He made us one unit, and very competitive very quickly. Our teammate Jeff Beard said it best, he made us brothers forever. God Bless his family during this difficult time. He touched our lives forever. Mark Bennett. ODU ‘82]]> 2020-09-13 13:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741835493 Brad_Face https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741842828 I covered Mark at TV-13 and we became friends. My family was into baseball when I was growing up, visiting the Yankees training camp during the days of Stengel, Mantle, Maris, Berra, etc. My father played for Norfolk Division under Bud Metheny and taught us the game as the MIT-trained engineer that he was, as a system to understand and perfect. So, it was with that background that I met and quickly grew to respect and admire Mark as a coach. And what a drive to win! We played racquetball at the Downtown Y a few times and I never beat him, even when I thought I really had him! I was shocked and saddened to hear this. I enjoyed our friendship during his time in Norfolk very much.]]> 2020-09-13 13:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741842828 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741886555 Coach not only made his teams better baseball players, but also better people.  You could write a book talking about the success  so many ODU players had after graduating.
Dave Sciano ODU ‘83]]> 2020-09-13 14:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/741886555 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/742003205 2020-09-13 17:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/742003205 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/742237895 I became a D1 umpire Mark’s first year at ODU. We called him the Bobby Knight of college baseball. He was extremely intense but always very professional. 
He made us better umpires just as he made his players better. (At least those who didn’t get scared off.) And those teams - players, coaches and managers - it was so much fun to work their games. 
Long after he left ODU, I had a student who idolized Derek Jeter. One call to Mark, and she got a personal message and autograph from Jeter. That was Mark Newman - intense but professional on the field and intensely human in life. 
Great baseball man. Better human being. 
Pat Mileur ]]> 2020-09-13 21:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/742237895 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/744068866 Mark laid a solid foundation for the ‘modern day’ baseball program at ODU. I watched his teams compete in the Sun Belt conference which was quite a successful conference in those days. As I recall, Mark was a tough task master but one whose players respected him and as a result learned more about the important game of life. My thanks to him and I’ll always remember his competitiveness.]]> 2020-09-14 14:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/744068866 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/757180176 I'll  always remember Newdy's intensity,  and man did he have it, also his knowledge  of the  game and his desire to win. I will always be grateful  to  Mark for recruiting  my brother and I to play there. The friends ,teammates and great asst. Coaches  we had made it even better. Wish I would have  spent more time with him over the years.He was one of a kind.My condolences  to the  family. Terry Bell   80-83.]]> 2020-09-17 22:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/757180176 https://padlet.com/ODUAthletics/2pc6alh6k5i73hah/wish/764213474 I was the Manager of The Harbor
City Inn back in the 1980s. Mark stayed with us on recruiting trips to the Baltimore area. On occasion I would accompany him
when he would watch a prospect play a game. Always the teacher he would explain to me the finer points of the game. He wanted everyone to love the game as he did. I will always remember his
kindness.
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