SB’s Newman Promoted to Associate Head Coach

WACO, Texas – Baylor softball assistant coach Britni Newman has been promoted to associate head coach, as announced by head coach Glenn Moore on Monday.

"I'm humbled and honored for this promotion," Newman said. "Thanks to Coach Moore for the daily opportunities to teach the game I love and share my faith with the team. Teaching and mentoring young athletes has always been special to me, and I'm glad I get to do that at Baylor University."

Newman has been on Moore's staff for 17 seasons as an assistant coach. The former All-American at LSU serves as the pitching coach for the Lady Bears. Newman has developed some of the most prolific pitchers in Baylor history - including Gia Rodoni, Kelsi Selman, Heather Stearns, Whitney Canion, Lisa Ferguson and Cristin Vitek - several of whom have been among the nation's best.

"I'm excited to be able to elevate Britni's title to Associate Head Coach," Moore said. "I rely on her expertise in most all decisions, and we are certainly a team. There are some great pitching coaches out there, but I personally can't believe there's anyone better than Britni. I'm proud for her, this promotion is well-deserved."

After winning the award three times as a student-athlete, Newman tutored her first All-American as a coach in 2011, as Canion earned second-team honors. Under Newman's tutelage, Canion needed less than two seasons to become Baylor's all-time strikeouts leader, while also ranking in the Top 5 of nearly every pitching category. After helping take the Lady Bears to their second trip to the WCWS, Newman was part of a staff that was named the 2011 NFCA Division I Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year for the third time.

One of the greatest pitching performances in NCAA history came under Newman's guidance as Vitek established single-game NCAA, NCAA Tournament and Big 12 Conference records with 28 strikeouts against North Carolina to open the 2004 NCAA Softball Championships.

Prior to coaching, Newman was a three-time first-team All-American, beginning her playing career at LSU under Moore. In those two years, she posted a 50-12 record in the circle with 482 strikeouts in just over 400 innings pitched.

In 2002, Newman was named NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Louisiana. Twice during her career, she was a finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year.

Newman established LSU and Southeastern Conference single-season records for strikeouts in each of her final three seasons with the Tigers. She ranked second nationally in strikeouts per game as a senior, and her career strikeout total of 1,370 ranked second in NCAA history at the time she left the program.

For her career, Newman was 120-25 with an ERA of 0.89. She tossed 106 complete games with 55 shutouts and six no-hitters, allowing just 489 hits and 184 walks in 976.1 career innings pitched. On Oct. 29, 2008, Newman was elected to the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

A native of Houston, Texas, Newman was a high school All-American at Cypress-Fair High School and was inducted into the school's hall of fame. She holds SEC career records for wins, ERA, opponent batting average (.147), shutouts, strikeouts and strikeouts per seven innings (9.82).

The former Britni Sneed married Josh Newman, and the couple has two sons, Bowen and Brooks.

SB’s Newman Promoted to Associate Head Coach

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