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Chattanooga native Chad Newman is a senior associate athletic trainer on the men's sports medicine staff. Newman currently directs the training efforts on behalf of the Vols basketball squad in addition to working with Tennessee's cheerleading, dance and men's golf teams.
In January 2010, the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society (TATS) named Newman the Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year.
Newman is in his 18th year with the UT training staff and his 17th with the men's basketball program. During his tenure with the basketball team, the Vols have advanced to postseason play 13 times - including 10 NCAA Tournaments and three NIT berths. Newman has been a part of four NCAA Sweet Sixteen teams, one Elite Eight team and two SEC Championship squads.
Under his care, the Volunteers men's tennis team also advanced to three consecutive NCAA semifinals from 2000-03.
Newman has helped numerous Vols overcome adversity and challenges in recent years. He oversaw the management of Chris Lofton's successful battle with testicular cancer following Lofton's junior season.
And in September 2009, Newman was instrumental in reviving Tennessee sophomore Emmanuel Negedu after Negedu collapsed following a sudden cardiac arrest. Newman successfully administered the use of an AED and CPR until emergency medical services arrived on-site. For his efforts, he received a "Certificate of Heroism" from the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association and also was named the 2010 Most Distinguished Award recipient by the "Hoops for Heart Health" organization, which was founded by NBA player Ryan Gomes.
When Newman first joined the Tennessee training staff in a full-time role in 1997, he was no stranger to the UT training room, having served as a volunteer student trainer and a graduate assistant before his full-time appointment. During that time, he worked with UT's football, men's tennis and men's track & field teams.
He earned his B.S. in Exercise science from UT in 1994 and completed his master's in Kinesiology in May 1997. Newman is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
In the fall of 2009, Newman authored an article about Lofton's successful return from cancer entitled "The Toughest Opponent," that was published in Training & Conditioning Magazine. And in 2010, he gave sudden cardiac arrest case study presentations at the Southeastern Conference Sports Medicine Seminar and the Collegiate Athletic Trainers' Society Spring Symposium.
Newman is married to the former Stacey Perry. The couple has two daughters, Katherine (9) and Natalie (5).
