William V.B. Van Dyck

William V.B. Van Dyck went 0–⁠5 as a head coach in the games on file: 1898 at Rutgers and 1899 at Rutgers. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1898, 1–⁠6–⁠1 and 1899, 2–⁠9); by them his record is 3–⁠15–⁠1.

Record
0–⁠5 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1898 0–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1351 in 1898
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1898Rutgers0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 1–⁠6–⁠1)
1899Rutgers0–⁠3 (Wikipedia: 2–⁠9)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
At home10–⁠1
On the road40–⁠4
As our Elo’s favorite30–⁠3
As our Elo’s underdog20–⁠2

His own five games on file, 1898–⁠1899, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Lehighseries20–⁠2
Columbiaseries10–⁠1
Lafayetteseries10–⁠1
Wesleyan (CT)series10–⁠1