John Van Liew
# John Van Liew

John Michael Van Liew (December 12, 1881 – December 7, 1959) 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. 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.

## Head coaching record

### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Knox Old Siwash (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Midwest Collegiate Athletic 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: | Knox: | 16–16–1 | | |
| Western State Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1927) ||||||
| 1927 | Western State | 1–6 | 1–5 | 11th |
| Western State: | Western State: | 1–6 | 1–5 | |
| NC State Wolfpack (Southern Conference) (1930) ||||||
| 1930 | NC State | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–19th |
| NC State: | 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: | Hanover: | 38–47–2 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 57–77–3 | | |
