John Michael Van Liew (December 12, 1881 – December 7, 1959)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1923 to 1926, at Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University—in 1927, at North Carolina State University in 1930, and at Hanover College from 1932 to 1942, compiling a career college football record of 57–77–3.[2] Van Liew was also the head basketball coach at Knox from 1923 to 1926 and Hanover from 1932 to 1942, tallying a career college basketball mark of 100–104. Van Liew was a graduate of Grinnell College.[3]
 Van Liew pictured in The Agromeck 1931, NC State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 12, 1881 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 1959 (aged 77) Mooresville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1926 | Knox (IL) |
| 1927 | Western State (CO) |
| 1930 | NC State |
| 1932–1942 | Hanover |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1926 | Knox (IL) |
| 1932–1942 | Hanover |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1932–1943 | Hanover |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 57–77–3 (football) 100–104 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 IIAC (1924) 1 MWC (1924) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Old Siwash (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Midwest Conference) (1923–1926) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Knox | 5–4 | 4–1 / 2–2 | 3rd / T–4th | |||||
| 1924 | Knox | 7–1 | 4–0 / 3–0 | T–1st / T–1st | |||||
| 1925 | Knox | 2–6 | 2–1 / 0–3 | T–5th / T–6th | |||||
| 1926 | Knox | 2–5–1 | 1–3–1 / 1–2 | T–16th / T–7th | |||||
| Knox: | 16–16–1 | ||||||||
| Western State Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1927) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Western State | 1–6 | 1–5 | 11th | |||||
| Western State: | 1–6 | 1–5 | |||||||
| NC State Wolfpack (Southern Conference) (1930) | |||||||||
| 1930 | NC State | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–19th | |||||
| NC State: | 2–8 | 1–5 | |||||||
| Hanover Panthers (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1932–1942) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Hanover | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1933 | Hanover | 6–2 | 5–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1934 | Hanover | 7–2 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1935 | Hanover | 2–5–1 | 2–3 | 10th | |||||
| 1936 | Hanover | 1–6 | 1–3 | T–11th | |||||
| 1937 | Hanover | 5–3 | 4–2 | T–5th | |||||
| 1938 | Hanover | 5–2 | 4–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1939 | Hanover | 4–4 | 3–3 | 8th | |||||
| 1940 | Hanover | 1–8 | 1–4 | T–11th | |||||
| 1941 | Hanover | 1–7 | 1–3 | 11th | |||||
| 1942 | Hanover | 2–5 | 2–3 | 8th | |||||
| Hanover: | 38–47–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 57–77–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Miller, George (February 18, 1995). "Remember Coach Van Liew?". The Madison Courier. Madison, Indiana. p. 6. Retrieved December 7, 2013 – via Google News.
- ^ "Coach Van Liew Resigns Duties at Knox College". The Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. November 8, 1926. Retrieved January 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Van Liew Quits As Coach.; Resigns His Post at North Carolina State College" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. October 21, 1930. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
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