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Volley-Ball (1) Mark Newton, 40, is the Head Football Coach at the Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.) and noted in the development of elite level youth athletes through his work in personal coaching and fitness programs at the Riekes Center for Human Enhancement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Newton received Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double-Goal Coach Award for his positive impact on youth athletes, anaward presented to 20 of the nation’s top coaches as nominated by their peers and players. The award is named for coaches whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports. Newton received his award at Positive Coaching Alliance’s 2010 National Youth Sports Awards Dinner held at Stanford University’s last April. “Mark wins on the scoreboard, and more importantly, he wins by creating a positive, character-building sports experience for youth athletes,” said Jim Thompson, PCA’s founder and executive director and author of several books on coaching and sports parenting, including the just-released The Power of Double-Goal Coaching. “Ultimately, the youth athletes Mark coaches are the real winners, and as those athletes become tomorrow’s leaders our society as a whole wins.” Wrote one of Newton’s players in his nomination: “(Coach Newton) always loved to say, ‘Relish the joy in facing adversity….His impact has affected every aspect of my life with friends, relationships and academics, not simply football.” “Mark is a great example of positive coaching and mentorship, and his dedication to enriching the lives of his student-athletes both on and off the field is an amazing example of what this award represents,” said Lori Okimura, Zamst marketing executive and long-time friend of Newton’s. Newton’s only results-oriented goal is to win the Central Coast Section Scholastic Championship for the team with the best grade point average; last season the team achieved that goal for the third time in the last six years and played in the CCS Championship game. What most excites Newton about coaching is “helping adolescents at a time that is very formative for them, a time they’re never going to forget and that can really set a baseline and foundation for the rest of their lives,” Newton said. “We focus a great deal on leadership skills and mentorship and relationships. Football just happens to be the medium we use.” Newton’s 2009 team finished as California’s Central Coast Section (CCS) Division IV runner up, and claimed its third CCS Scholastic Championship title (Newton was quarterback of Menlo’s 1987-1988 championship team). Newton’s football squad was selected for ZAMST product testing in 2008 and played an important role in the decision to launch Zamst products in the U.S. Newton himself was a star quarterback at Menlo and a member of the football team at the University of California, Davis before pursuing a career in coaching that includes work at the Peyton Manning Passing Academy, Elite 11 and Nike SPARQ Quarterback Camps, and USC Football Camps in Los Angeles. He was Director of Development at the Riekes Center for Human Enhancement in Menlo Park, California, featuring state-of-the-art training devices for elite athletes and physical therapy facilities. Newton holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the Univ. of California, Davis. In addition to his duties on the field, Newton is a Dean at Menlo School, one of the nation’s top college preparatory institutions, and teaches World Religions and U.S. History. |
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