John Van Liew
John Van Liew went 57–77–3 as a head coach, 1923–1942, at Knox, Western Colorado, NC State and Hanover. Share
15 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–26 at Knox; 1932–42 at Hanover. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 57–77–3 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1930 2–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Knox * | 5–4 | 3rd / T–4th | |||
| 1924 | Knox * | 7–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1925 | Knox * | 2–6 | T–5th / T–6th | |||
| 1926 | Knox * | 2–5–1 | T–16th / T–7th | |||
| 1927 | Western Colorado | 1–6 | 11th | |||
| 1928–29: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1930 | NC State | 2–8 | T–19th | |||
| 1931: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1932 | Hanover * | 4–3–1 | ||||
| 1933 | Hanover * | 6–2 | 4th | |||
| 1934 | Hanover * | 7–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1935 | Hanover * | 2–5–1 | 10th | |||
| 1936 | Hanover * | 1–6 | T–11th | |||
| 1937 | Hanover * | 5–3 | T–5th | |||
| 1938 | Hanover * | 5–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1939 | Hanover * | 4–4 | 8th | |||
| 1940 | Hanover * | 1–8 | T–11th | |||
| 1941 | Hanover * | 1–7 | 11th | |||
| 1942 | Hanover * | 2–5 | 8th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Conference games | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| At home | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| On the road | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 0–12 | 0% |
His own 17 games on file, 1927–1930, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Northern Coloradoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| High Pointseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Coloradoseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Floridaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Dukeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–26 | Knox (IL) | Head coach | |
| 1927 | Western State (CO) | Head coach | |
| 1930 | NC State | Head coach | |
| 1932–42 | Hanover | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.