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 References External links 1881 births 1959 deaths Basketball coaches from Iowa Hanover Panthers athletic directors Hanover Panthers football coaches Hanover Panthers men's basketball coaches Knox Prairie Fire football coaches Knox Prairie Fire men's basketball coaches NC State Wolfpack football coaches Western Colorado Mountaineers football coaches Grinnell College alumni People from Ottumwa, Iowa People from Mooresville, Indiana