John Michael Van Liew (December 12, 1881 â 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 ColoradoâÂÂnow known as Western Colorado UniversityâÂÂin 1927, at North Carolina State University in 1930, and at Hanover College from 1932 to 1942, compiling a career college football record of 57âÂÂ77âÂÂ3. 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 100âÂÂ104. Van Liew was a graduate of Grinnell College.