Eugene Van Gent
 Van Gent from The Savitar, 1916 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 23, 1889 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1949 (aged 59) Solano County, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1911, 1913 | Wisconsin |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1914 | Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916 | Texas |
| 1919 | Texas (assistant) |
| 1920 | University Farm |
| 1921 | Stanford |
| Basketball | |
| 1914–1916 | Missouri |
| 1916–1917 | Texas |
| 1921–1922 | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–8–3 (football) 42–19 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football SWC (1916) | |
| Awards | |
| Basketball All-American (1914) | |
Conrad Eugene Van Gent (December 23, 1889 – June 12, 1949) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football at the University of Texas at Austin in 1916, at the University Farm, now the University of California, Davis, in 1920, and at Stanford University in 1921, compiling a career college football record of 14–8–3. Van Gent was also the head basketball coach at the University of Missouri (1914–1916), Texas (1916–1917), and Stanford (1921–1922), tallying a career college basketball mark of 42–19. Van Gent played football and basketball, and ran track at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was selected to the College Basketball All-American team in 1914.
Coaching career
During his two seasons as basketball head coach at the
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1916) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Texas | 7–2 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| Texas: | 7–2 | 6–1 | |||||||
| University Farm (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | University Farm | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| University Farm: | 3–4–1 | ||||||||
| Stanford (Pacific Coast Conference) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Stanford | 4–2–2 | 1–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Stanford: | 4–2–2 | 1–1–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–8–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1914–1916) | |||||||||
| 1914–15 | Missouri | 8–6 | 6–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1915–16 | Missouri | 12–3 | 9–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Missouri: | 21–9 (.700) | 15–8 (.652) | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1916–17 | Texas
|
13–3 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| Texas: | 13–3 (.813) | 7–1 (.875) | |||||||
| Stanford (Pacific Coast Conference) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
| 1921–22 | Stanford | 8–7 | 4–6 | 5th | |||||
| Stanford: | 8–7 (.533) | 4–6 (.400) | |||||||
| Total: | 42–19 (.689) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Gene Van Gent Stricken. Former Stanford Football Coach Has Sleeping Sickness" (PDF). The New York Times. December 24, 1922. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
