Newman Ertell

Newman Hood Ertell (November 2, 1902 – February 17, 1985) was the head basketball coach at Wayne University (now Wayne State University) from 1929 through 1948.

Early years Ertell was born in 1902, the son of James and Marie Ertell. He grew up in Detroit and graduated from Northern High School (Detroit). He graduated from Detroit City College in 1925 and later received a master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1933.

Wayne State coach and administrator Ertell was hired as Wayne University's men's basketball coach in 1929. As coach, he scheduled games against top opponents and took his team to the NAIA basketball tournament in the late 1930s. As Wayne's basketball coach, Ertell compiled a record variously reported as either 182–134, In all, he spent 37 years at Wayne. He died in February 1985 at age 82.