Gary Newell

Biography

THE NEWELL FILE PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Alamogordo, N.M. COACHING HISTORY Fresno State 2019-present: Assistant Coach San Francisco 2017-19: Assistant Coach Texas Tech 2015-17: Volunteer Assistant Coach West Texas A&M 2012-2015: Student Assistant Coach EDUCATION West Texas A&M (2015) Bachelor's in History Texas Tech (2017) Master's in Sports Psychology Last Updated: January 27, 2026 Gary Newell enters his seventh season as Fresno State's assistant coach in charge of sprints, hurdles and relays. Newell coached Jewel Ash to a first place finish in the 400m hurdles at the 2025 Mountain West Championship with a program record 57.63 time. The senior became the first Bulldog to win the event since 2015 and had the fastest time in the event since 2016. The Bulldogs’ 4x400 relay team took silver at the MW Championship for the second year in a row. The indoor relay team of Itzia Mejia Garcia, Ceonna Pipion, Janae Heffernan and Jewel Ash set the program record in 2025. The 4x400 relay team won the MW Indoor title that season with a time of 3:36.22, the fourth-fastest time in conference history. The 2024 season was the breakout as his group captured six medals. Pipion earned two, placing runner-up in the 400 meters both indoor with program record times (52.22 - outdoor; 52.90 - indoor) and Iyanna Ross earned the other with the program's third-best time, placing third outdoors (53.14). With Chloe Sharp finishing fifth in the race (54.15), Fresno State's group became just the fourth