David Matthew Newhan (born September 7, 1973), is an American former professional baseball utility player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams, during eight seasons. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.\n', '

After serving three seasons as the hitting coach for the Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Lake Elsinore Storm, Newhan was named by the Oakland Athletics to manage its MiLB affiliate, the Vermont Lake Monsters, for the 2014 season. He is currently a MiLB infield coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels, after previously serving as the assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers, for two seasons.\n', '

Newhan\'s father is Ross Newhan, who is a Hall of Fame baseball writer (the 2000 recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame\'s J. G. Taylor Spink Award), first for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and then for the Los Angeles Times. The elder Newhan spent 44 years as a sportswriter in the Los Angeles area covering the Angels, the Dodgers, and the national baseball scene until his retirement in 2004.\n', '

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