Sporting Kansas City mourns the passing and celebrates the life and legacy of the club’s original head coach Ron Newman, who died today at age 84 in Tampa, Florida.
Newman was hired as the first head coach in MLS history on Oct. 11, 1995 and brought in Sporting Legends Preki, Chris Klein, Mo Johnston and Tony Meola alongside the likes of Digital Takawira, Mark Chung, Sean Bowers, Matt McKeon, Diego Gutierrez, Brandon Prideaux and many other club contributors while guiding Kansas City during the team’s first 100 regular season games from the inaugural season in 1996 until his retirement in 1999.