John Van Liew | |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1881 |
Birth Place: | Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mooresville, Indiana, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1923–1926 |
Coach Team2: | Knox (IL) |
Coach Years3: | 1927 |
Coach Team3: | Western State (CO) |
Coach Years4: | 1930 |
Coach Team4: | NC State |
Coach Years5: | 1932–1942 |
Coach Team5: | Hanover |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1923–1926 |
Coach Team7: | Knox (IL) |
Coach Years8: | 1932–1942 |
Coach Team8: | Hanover |
Admin Years1: | 1932–1943 |
Admin Team1: | Hanover |
Overall Record: | 57–77–3 (football) 100–104 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 IIAC (1924) 1 MWC (1924) |
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]