06-22-2011 05:02 PM

New Samford Athletics Director Martin New­ton has a unique re­sume.

He’s the son of for­mer Alabama and Vanderbilt basketball coach and Kentucky AD C.M. Newton. He’s worked for Joe Dean Sr. at Converse, Phil Knight at Nike and John Calipari at Kentucky.

He’s worked with coaches from Dean Smith to Tom Izzo.

Oh, and he’s watched Dr. J, Ju­lius Erving, sing karaoke. But that’s another story.

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