Sarah Newton is entering her third year as the Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach.

Newton graduated from Loganville High School in 2016 and continued her education at Truett McConnell University, where she graduated with a degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and the Great Commission in 2021. She graduated from Auburn University in December 2024 with a Master in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science.

During her first year as head coach, the team was the 2022-2023 AAC Women’s Team of Character and made an appearance at the AAC Conference Tournament. This past season, the team increased its wins from the previous year and made the team’s 5^th appearance at the AAC Conference Tournament. In 2025, she had two players make 2^nd Team All-Conference.

The TMU alum is familiar with the Appalachian Athletic Conference and competing schools since she was on the TMU Softball team from 2016-2021. During her time on the Softball team, in 2018, the Lady Bears earned the program’s first-ever titles of AAC Regular Season Champions, Tournament Champions, NAIA National Top 25 Poll and made their first-ever appearance in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.

She is currently serving TMU as an Assistant Professor in the Pilgram Marpeck School of STEM.
 
Newton currently resides in Mount Airy, Georgia where she lives with her husband, Aaron and daughter, Parker.