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Ty Newberry (born November 25, 1974 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American ice hockey coach, a motivational speaker and Executive Director of the Fort Dupont Ice Arena. He currently serves as head coach for the Israel national hockey teams.

Playing Career
Newberry played his youth hockey in the Greater Saginaw Amateur Hockey Association (GSAHA). After many seasons in the GSAHA, Newberry entered Heritage High School and made the varsity team as a freshman. In his sophomore year, he was named a captain of the team and won the prestigious Aaron Murtonen Award.

Coaching Career
After coaching many years in the GSAHA, Newberry was named head coach of the West Virginia University ACHA Division I hockey team. He was only 22 years of age at the time and went on to become elected into the WVU Hockey Hall of Fame. After a few years with the Mountaineers, he went on to join Joe Battista's staff and the Penn State University Nittany Lions. During the 1999-2000 season, Penn State would go on to win the national championship.

In 1998, Newberry started instructing for USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program. He would spend 20 years coaching coaches traveling throughout the United States and across four continents coaching coaches. Newberry served over 12 years as the USA Hockey Coach-in-Chief for the Southeastern District. During his tenure, Newberry was instrumental in developing materials, presentations, and curricula that have made the USA Hockey Coaching Education Program one of the leaders in the world.

In 2016-17, Newberry begun working with the Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation men's national hockey team on an unofficial basis. In 2017, Bernd Haake asked him to join the staff and they would go on to win gold at the IIHF World Championships (D1B). Newberry would stay on staff through November of 2019 at Baltic Challenge Cup held in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Israel Ice Hockey Federation announced Newberry as the head coach for all three national teams (under 18, under 20 and men) in October 2019.

Personal
Newberry is the Executive Director and his wife, Melissa, serves as the the Program Director at the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Washington, DC. This not-for-profit organization makes a positive impact on more than 2,500 inner city kids each year. Through its Kids On Ice® programs no child is turned away for inability to pay. All programming is subsidized, and many kids participate at no cost.

Newberry is also a motivational speaker for businesses and organizations. A few of his most popular topics include: Assemble and Lead Your Team to Success, Make an Impact, Team Building and more.