MILWAUKEE - Jason Newkirk and
Eric Weiss have been added to the staff of the Milwaukee men's basketball team, head coach
Pat Baldwin announced today.
Both Newkirk and Weiss are currently enrolled in graduate classes at Milwaukee and are pursuing a Master's Degree in Administrative Leadership. In addition to their graduate manager roles, Newkirk will also serve in the capacity of video coordinator.
Newkirk comes to Milwaukee following last season as the assistant coach at Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas. In his only year, the Trojans went 20-12 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Region VI Tournament.
Prior to his stop at CCC, Newkirk spent three seasons in Charlotte, N.C., as the head men's basketball coach and director of basketball operations at the Standard of Excellence Post Graduate Academy (SOE). While there, he was directly involved in character building and player development for the postgraduate players from the inaugural season on. He was an integral part in helping develop each of his student-athletes, who continued on to play at the NAIA, DI, DII, DIII, and JUCO levels.
In addition to Newkirk's experience coaching postgraduate basketball with SOE, he spent 10 years with the Chicago-based Full Package Athletics AAU program. His responsibilities included skill training (Grades 4-12/collegiate and professional athletes), coaching teams and running camps.
Newkirk grew up in South Carolina. His college playing career included two seasons with the Raiders of Oakton Community College (Ill.). He spent his final two campaigns at Olivet Nazarene University, where he graduated with a degree in marketing management.
Weiss, who calls Birmingham, Mich., home, graduated from Lawrence University in 2018 with a degree in history. While at Lawrence, he played basketball for four years for the Vikings and was a team captain. He was named to the Academic All-Midwest Conference Team and NABC Honors Court in 2018.
His coaching background includes working camps at Duke, UConn, Five Star, Morgan Wootten, Marquette, and Penn during college. He also interned as a Hoop Group Elite Runner in summer of 2016 and 2017.
His resume also includes time as the head coach of Wisconsin Swing 16u (2018) and assistant coach for Wisconsin Playground Warriors 16u (2016) AAU teams.
