Newsom, Earl Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches at Princeton
Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications
Release: 05/18/2007
PRINCETON--Tony Newsom and Brian Earl ’99 have been named assistant men’s basketball coaches at Princeton, head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 announced today.
Before joining Johnson’s staff, Newsom spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach on the Princeton staff under head coach Joe Scott.
“I am pleased that Tony has decided to continue working with Princeton basketball,” Johnson says. “His leadership, enthusiasm and basketball knowledge will be an asset to our program moving forward.”
From 2001-04, Newsom was a member of the coaching staff at Holy Cross under Ralph Willard. He was the associate head coach in 2003-04 and an assistant coach the previous two seasons, helping the Crusaders to a pair of Patriot League titles and NCAA berths.
A Metuchen native, Newsom was an assistant coach at Rider from 1997-2001 and at Siena for two seasons prior to that. He played collegiately at Niagara before graduating with a degree in Business Commerce in 1993.
Earl, who played in more winning basketball games (95) than any player in Princeton history, returns as an assistant coach following a professional basketball career in Europe and the United States and a subsequent career in the corporate world with Sallie Mae.
The 1999 Ivy League Player of the Year and the leading three-point shooter in league history, Earl helped the Tigers to three NCAA tournament appearances in his four seasons, including trips to the second round in both 1996 and 1998. The Tigers also advanced to the NIT quarterfinals his senior season.
“As Brian’s teammate at Princeton, I could always tell that he saw the game like a coach,” says Johnson. “I have a great deal of trust and confidence in Brian’s ability to make an outstanding contribution to the future of Princeton basketball.”
In addition to his team-record 281 three-pointers, the Medford Lakes native ranks fifth all-time at Princeton with 1,428 career points. He is also seventh in Princeton history with 263 assists and eighth in program history with 140 steals.
Earl also holds school records for games played (116) and games started (113) in a career. After graduating with a degree in economics, he played professionally in Germany and England as well as in the USBL and EBA in the United States.
