Montrell Newton Jr. is in his third season as Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Longwood in 2025-26 after being hired in December 2023. He oversees strength and conditioning for the Lancers' women's basketball and men's and women's soccer teams.
Newton came to Longwood from Pittsburgh where he was most recently an Olympic sports intern in the strength and conditioning department for the Panthers from August 2023, assisting with the women's lacrosse, track & field, swimming & diving and cheer and dance teams. He also worked with the men's and women's basketball teams from May to August 2023, helping student-athletes in pursuing and achieving individual and team objectives.
Newton was also a personal trainer at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh. He is an NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Newton, a native of Miami, Fla., who was chapter president of of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., during his final two years as an undergraduate, earned his bachelors degree from Pittsburgh in exercise science in 2022 and masters in clinical exercise physiology in 2023.
