| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 6, 1884 New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1918 (aged 34) Wahpeton, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1908 | Oberlin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Puget Sound |
| 1909 | Kalamazoo |
| 1912–1917 | Wahpeton |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1909 | Puget Sound |
| Baseball | |
| 1909 | Puget Sound |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1908–1909 | Puget Sound |
| 1909–1910 | Kalamazoo |
| 1912–1918 | Wahpeton |
Van Ira Ward (September 6, 1884 – October 9, 1918) was an American fotball, basketball, and baseball coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Puget Sound in 1908, Kalamazoo College in 1909, and the North Dakota State School of Science—now known as North Dakota State College of Science—from 1912 to 1917.
A native of Phoenix, New York, Ward attended Oberlin College, where he was elected captain of the 1908 baseball team.[1] In 1908–09, he was the athletic director at Puget Sound, and coached football, basketball, and baseball. He left Puget Sound after a year to be the athletic director at Kalamazoo in 1909.[2] Ward also taught French and Latin at Kalamazoo before resigning 1910. He coached at Saint Paul Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1911–12 before going to the North Dakota State School of Science in 1912.[3]
Ward died from Spanish flu, on October 9, 1918, in Wahpeton, North Dakota.[4][5]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Loggers (Independent) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Puget Sound | 0–4 | |||||||
| Puget Sound: | 0–4 | ||||||||
| Kalamazoo (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Kalamazoo | 2–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Kalamazoo: | 2–3–1 | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Baseball In Brief; Ward to Captain Oberlin". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. June 18, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved December 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "College Coach Will Arrive Here Monday". The Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, Michigan. September 12, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved December 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Science School Open Sept. 17". The Wahpeton Times. Wahpeton, North Dakota. September 5, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Prof. Ward Passes Away Suddenly". The Wahpeton Times. Wahpeton, North Dakota. October 15, 1918. p. 9. Retrieved December 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Van Ward, Coach At S.S.S., Dead". The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican. Fargo, North Dakota. October 15, 1918. p. 9. Retrieved December 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Van Ward". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ "Kalamazoo College Football Year-by-Year". Kalamazoo College. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
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