LaRue Van Meter
American sports coach and attorney
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1898 Williamsville, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | (1981-12-17)December 17, 1981 (aged 83) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | Illinois Wesleyan George Washington (1943) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1932–1933 | Illinois College |
1937 | Illinois College |
Basketball | |
1932–1938 | Illinois College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–8–1 (football) 55–43 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 IIAC (1937) | |
LaRue Van Meter (1898 – December 17, 1981) was an attorney and an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois from 1932 to 1938.[1]
Van Meter was the city attorney of Falls Church, Virginia from 1948 until his retirement in 1974.[2]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1932–1933) | |||||||||
1932 | Illinois College | 3–4 | 3–3 | T–10th | |||||
1933 | Illinois College | 4–2–1 | 4–1–1 | T–5th | |||||
Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1937) | |||||||||
1937 | Illinois College | 7–2 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
Illinois College: | 14–8–1 | 12–4–1 | |||||||
Total: | 14–8–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Illinois College Blueboys. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "LaRue Van Meter Dies". Washington Post. December 19, 1981. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
External links
- LaRue Van Meter at Find a Grave
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Illinois College Blueboys head football coaches
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- William B. Conover (1894)
- George Dygert (1895)
- James L. Morrison (1896)
- No team (1897–1898)
- Thomas Beers (1899)
- Rufus Nash (1900)
- Hoag (1901)
- Richard Shipp (1902)
- Robert E. Harmon (1903)
- Percy Owen (1904)
- Fred R. O'Neal (1905)
- Robert Holderby (1906)
- Edward P. Brockhouse (1907)
- Glenn Thistlethwaite (1908)
- Otho Glen "Mike" Harrell (1909)
- William T. Harmon (1910–1916)
- Robert E. Harmon (1917)
- No team (1918)
- William T. Harmon (1919–1931)
- LaRue Van Meter (1932–1933)
- Ray Eliot (1934–1936)
- LaRue Van Meter (1937)
- Alfred Lamb (1938–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Al Miller (1946–1955)
- Joe Brooks (1956–1985)
- Bill Anderson (1986–1994)
- Rich Johanningmeier (1995–1997)
- Tom Rowland (1998–2002)
- Aaron Keen (2003–2007)
- Garrett Campbell (2008–2015)
- Ray DeFrisco (2016–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Ray DeFrisco (2021– )
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