| Ivan Grove | |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Conway, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1914–1916, 1919 |
| Player Team1: | Kendall |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1920–1921 |
| Coach Team2: | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Coach Years3: | 1922–1923 |
| Coach Team3: | Arkansas (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1924–1955 |
| Coach Team4: | Hendrix |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team6: | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Coach Years7: | 1924–1946 |
| Coach Team7: | Hendrix |
| Coach Sport8: | Track |
| Coach Years9: | 1924–1958 |
| Coach Team9: | Hendrix |
| Admin Years1: | 1924–1959 |
| Admin Team1: | Hendrix |
| Overall Record: | 111–126–16 (football) |
| Awards: | Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Hendrix Hall of Fame (1994) Tulsa Hall of Fame (1982) |
Ivan H. Grove (August 18, 1894 – January 2, 1984) was an American football, basketball and track coach and college athlete.
As a college athlete at the University of Tulsa (then known as the Kendall Institute), he led the nation with 196 points in 1919 Kendall Orange and Black football team as a quarterback under head coach Francis Schmidt.[1]
Grove spent two years as the head football coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1920 to 1921. In 1922, he was hired by Francis Schmidt as the first full-time paid assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, where he coached for two years.[2]
Grove was then hired as the head coach and athletic director at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, where coached until he retired in 1959.[3]
In retirement, Grove lived a block from the Hendrix campus. He died on January 2, 1984.[4]