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Eugene Van Gent

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Eugene Van Gent
Van Gent from The Savitar, 1916
Biographical details
Born(1889-12-23)December 23, 1889
Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 12, 1949(1949-06-12) (aged 59)
Solano County, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1911, 1913Wisconsin
Basketball
1911–1914Wisconsin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916Texas
1919Texas (assistant)
1920University Farm
1921Stanford
Basketball
1914–1916Missouri
1916–1917Texas
1921–1922Stanford
Head coaching record
Overall14–8–3 (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

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During his two seasons as basketball head coach at the University of Missouri, from 1914 to 1916, Van Gent led to the Tigers to a 21–9 overall record. The University of Texas hired Van Gent as both football and basketball head coach in 1916. He coached for one season in each sport before joining the military to fight in the World War I. In the 1916 college football season, Van Gent directed Texas to a 7–2 overall record in football and a 6–1 record in Southwest Conference play. As men's basketball head coach for the 1916–17 season, he directed the Longhorns to a 13–3 overall record (7–1 in conference play) and their third consecutive Southwest Conference championship. In 1921, Van Gent coached the Stanford Cardinal football team, compiling a 4–2–2 record. Van Gent also coached Stanford's basketball team in 1921–22. He fell ill with encephalitis lethargica in December 1922 and was hospitalized in San Francisco.[1]

Head coaching record

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Football

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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

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Statistics overview
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)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Gene Van Gent Stricken. Former Stanford Football Coach Has Sleeping Sickness" (PDF). The New York Times. December 24, 1922. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
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