John Van Liew Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: George . Miller . Remember Coach Van Liew? . The Madison Courier . . 6 . February 18, 1995 . December 7, 2013 . .
  2. News: Coach Van Liew Resigns Duties at Knox College . The Decatur Herald . . . November 8, 1926 . January 25, 2017 . .
  3. News: Van Liew Quits As Coach.; Resigns His Post at North Carolina State College. . . . October 21, 1930 . March 1, 2011.