Jasmine Newsome

Biography

Jasmine Newsome returns to UT Martin as associate head coach for the 2023-24 season in what will be her seventh campaign as a member of the Skyhawk coaching staff. A 2019 UT Martin Hall of Fame inductee, Newsome has helped lead the Skyhawks to six Ohio Valley Conference regular season championships, four OVC Basketball Championship titles and eight postseason berths as both a player and coach. Newsome returns to the Skyhawks after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ohio Valley Conference rival Southeast Missouri. During her tenure with the Redhawks, Newsome oversaw the development of All-OVC first team honoree Jaliyah Green (8.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 37 assists), four OVC Freshman of the Week selections and one OVC Newcomer of the Week. Prior to her time with the Redhawks, Newsome served as an assistant coach at her alma mater for six seasons. In her coaching stint the Skyhawks won three OVC regular season titles during the 2015-16, 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons while also boasting four 20-win seasons. UT Martin also qualified for the postseason four times from 2015-2021 with berths in the Women’s NIT in 2016, 2018, 2020 (canceled) and 2021. Over the course of her career with the Skyhawks, she has worked with eight All-OVC selections in Ashton Feldhaus, Haley Howard, Chelsey Perry, Emanye Robertson, Kendall Spray, Myah Taylor, Maddie Waldrop and Dasia Young. Howard, Perry (twice), Robertson, Spray, Waldrop and Young each earned first team