Overview
- Newsome died after a long battle with cancer, with outlets reporting his passing on Saturday and tributes spreading across Virginia football circles.
- He spent more than four decades coaching at Virginia high schools, James Madison, Virginia Tech and Emory & Henry, building a timeline of steady advancement and program work.
- At James Madison he helped win conference titles in 1999 and 2004 and the 2004 FCS national championship, and at Virginia Tech he coached the offensive line during teams that won ACC titles in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
- Newsome led Emory & Henry from 2014 through 2023, compiling a 53–42 record, earning ODAC Coach of the Year after his first season and guiding the Wasps through the move to Division II and the South Atlantic Conference.
- Colleagues and former players remembered Newsome as a top recruiter and a father-figure mentor whose work produced all-conference players and shaped careers, and institutions have issued public remembrances as his family grieves.