The most successful high school track and field coach in the state’s history, winning nine state championships and finishing second once from 1948 through 1957. Newland was an all-Southern Oregon Conference quarterback two years, an all-conference guard in basketball three years, and a two-time state high jump champion.

Newland won numerous honors for athletics administration. He was a three-time meet director for four NCAA championships, two national AAU championships, and on Pan American Games trials. He was director of the Oregon Indoor meet from 1961-1978 and directed every University of Oregon track meet for 20 years.