As the Washington Wizards Vice President of Player Personnel, Milton M. Newton is in his seventh season with the Wizards organization. Newton's responsibilities include an assisting role in the day-to-day front office responsibilities of the organization - including salary cap and player management - while directing the overall scouting efforts for the franchise. Newton oversaw the creation of Washington's comprehensive scouting database which includes players from both the collegiate and professional ranks, domestically and abroad, he also spearheads the Wizards' pre-draft efforts in scouting and conducts the team’s workouts of prospective draftees.

Prior to his hire with the Wizards organization, Newton held several basketball related posts. Most recently, as a key contributor to the creation of the National Basketball Development League, Newton assisted in the development of league policies and procedures and served as the Director of Player Personnel for three years. In that role, Newton was responsible for the evaluation, recruitment and signing of all players and assisting the Executive Director in the league's day-to-day basketball operations. In the league's first two years of operation, Newton played an instrumental role in the transition of 22 players from the NBDL to the NBA.

Newton's career also includes a two-year stint as a scout with the Philadelphia 76ers where he was responsible for collegiate and advance scouting, with an assisting role in the evaluating and selecting of draft choices. Additionally, Newton served as the Assistant Director for the USA Men's Basketball program from 1995-99, where he coordinated the USA Men's Basketball National Team trials, training camps, exhibition games and team competitions, and served as a liaison for USA Men's Basketball teams at international competitions. During his five-year tenure at USA Basketball, Newton contributed to the success of Dream Team III at the XXIII Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA. He has also traveled abroad to Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders delegation during the last three summers, and in the summer of 2009 Newton hosted four “Show The Love” basketball clinics in his native Virgin Islands to teach fundamental skills to youths of ages 8-18 in conjunction with the Virgin Islands Basketball Federation.

A member of the 1988 University of Kansas National Championship team under Larry Brown, Newton was named to the NCAA Midwest Regional and Final Four All-Tournament teams. After serving as team captain and being selected as the MVP in 1989, he went on to play in the Continental Basketball Association for the Rockford Lightning and Grand Rapids Hoops. Raised in the Nation’s Capital, Newton is an inductee of the Calvin Coolidge Sr. High School Alumni Association.

Newton received his Master of Science in Sports Administration from the University of Kansas in 1992 and his Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Kansas in 1989. Born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and raised in Washington, DC, Newton resides in Bowie, MD with his wife, Shalaun, their six-year-old daughter, Shaniya Adell, and two-year-old son, Miles Kenneth.

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