| Wallace Newman | |
| Death Date: | (aged 84) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1922–1924 |
| Player Team2: | USC |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1923–1925 |
| Player Team4: | USC |
| Player Positions: | Guard (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1925–1928 |
| Coach Team2: | Covina HS (CA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1929–1950 |
| Coach Team3: | Whittier |
| Coach Sport4: | Baseball |
| Coach Years5: | 1930–1943 |
| Coach Team5: | Whittier |
| Coach Years6: | 1958–1964 |
| Coach Team6: | Whittier |
| Overall Record: | 102–66–14 (college football) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
| Championships: | Football 8 SCC/SCIAC (1932, 1934–1935, 1939, 1941–1942, 1949–1950) |
Wallace Joe "Chief" Newman (c. 1901 – November 6, 1985) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Whittier College in Whittier, California from 1929 to 1950, compiling a record of 102–66–14. Newman also coached basketball and baseball at Whittier and was the school's athletic director.
Newman played football and baseball at the University of Southern California (USC). He played the 1923 Rose Bowl, the first bowl game appearance for the USC Trojans. Newman coached at Covina High School in Covina, California for four years before he was hired at Whittier.[1] [2] Newman was Native American and an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians and the Mission Creek Band of Mission Indians which he led as president from 1957 until shortly before termination.[3] In the early 1930s, he coached Richard Nixon, who was a reserve player for Whittier and went on to become president of the United States.[4] Newman was briefly considered for the post of Commissioner of Indian Affairs by Nixon during his presidency.[5]
Newman died on November 6, 1985, at the age of 84.[6]