Eugene Van Gent

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 college football and college 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 head coaching 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 head coaching 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.