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American sports coach and attorney

LaRue Van Meter
Biographical details
Born	1898 Williamsville, Illinois, U.S.
Died	(1981-12-17)December 17, 1981 (aged 83) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Illinois Wesleyan George Washington (1943)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932–1933	Illinois College
1937	Illinois College
Basketball
1932–1938	Illinois College

Head coaching record
Overall	14–8–1 (football) 55–43 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 IIAC (1937)

LaRue Van Meter (1898 – December 17, 1981) was an attorney and an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois from 1932 to 1938.

Van Meter was the city attorney of Falls Church, Virginia from 1948 until his retirement in 1974.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1932–1933)
1932	Illinois College	3–4	3–3	T–10th
1933	Illinois College	4–2–1	4–1–1	T–5th
Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1937)
1937	Illinois College	7–2	5–0	T–1st
Illinois College:		14–8–1	12–4–1
Total:		14–8–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

"Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Illinois College Blueboys. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
"LaRue Van Meter Dies". Washington Post. December 19, 1981. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

v t e Illinois College Blueboys head football coaches
No coach (1890–1893) William B. Conover (1894) George Dygert (1895) James L. Morrison (1896) No team (1897–1898) Thomas Beers (1899) Rufus Nash (1900) Hoag (1901) Richard Shipp (1902) Robert E. Harmon (1903) Percy Owen (1904) Fred R. O'Neal (1905) Robert Holderby (1906) Edward P. Brockhouse (1907) Glenn Thistlethwaite (1908) Otho Glen "Mike" Harrell (1909) William T. Harmon (1910–1916) Robert E. Harmon (1917) No team (1918) William T. Harmon (1919–1931) LaRue Van Meter (1932–1933) Ray Eliot (1934–1936) LaRue Van Meter (1937) Alfred Lamb (1938–1942) No team (1943–1945) Al Miller (1946–1955) Joe Brooks (1956–1985) Bill Anderson (1986–1994) Rich Johanningmeier (1995–1997) Tom Rowland (1998–2002) Aaron Keen (2003–2007) Garrett Campbell (2008–2015) Ray DeFrisco (2016–2019) No team (2020) Ray DeFrisco (2021– )

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