Ira Van Cleave
Van Cleave pictured in Reveille 1914, Fort Hays yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 30, 1888 Peoria, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1943 (aged 54) Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1910–1912 | Springfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1914 | Hays Normal |
| 1917–1919 | Whittier |
| 1920–1925 | Pomona HS (CA) |
| 1927 | La Verne (freshmen) |
| 1928–1929 | La Verne |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1915 | Hays Normal |
| 1917–1920 | Whittier |
| 1920–1926 | Pomona HS (CA) |
| 1927–1930 | La Verne |
| Baseball | |
| 1917–1920 | Whittier |
| 1921–1926 | Pomona HS (CA) |
| 1928–? | La Verne (freshmen) |
| Track | |
| 1920–1926 | Pomona HS (CA) |
| 1927–? | La Verne |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1912–1915 | Hays Normal |
| 1928–1930 | La Verne |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–25–1 (college football) |
Ira Harlan "Sphinx" Van Cleave (July 30, 1888 – May 29, 1943) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and physical education instructor. He served as the head football coach at Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School—now known as Fort Hays State University—in Hays, Kansas from 1912 to 1914, Whittier College in Whittier, California from 1917 to 1919, and La Verne College—now known as the University of La Verne—in La Verne, California from in 1928 to 1929.