Former Alabama men’s basketball coach C.M. Newton passed away on Monday at 88. TideSports’ Cecil Hurt and Ben Jones look back at the life of Newton, who had a major impact on college and professional basketball. Newton won a national championship as a college player, helped integrate Kentucky basketball as an assistant, integrated Alabama basketball as head coach, served as president of USA men’s basketball in 1992 and was athletic director at Kentucky.
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