| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1894-08-18)August 18, 1894 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1984(1984-01-02) (aged 89) Conway, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1914–1916, 1919 | Kendall |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1922–1923 | Arkansas (assistant) |
| 1924–1955 | Hendrix |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1924–1946 | Hendrix |
| Track | |
| 1924–1958 | Hendrix |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1924–1959 | Hendrix |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 111–126–16 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Hendrix Hall of Fame (1994) Tulsa Hall of Fame (1982) | |
Ivan H. Grove (August 18, 1894 – January 2, 1984) was an Americanfootball,basketball andtrack coach and college athlete.
As a college athlete at theUniversity of Tulsa (then known as the Kendall Institute), he led the nation with 196 points in1919 Kendall Orange and Black football team as a quarterback under head coachFrancis Schmidt.[1]
Grove spent two years as the head football coach atOklahoma Baptist University from 1920 to 1921. In 1922, he was hired by Francis Schmidt as the first full-time paid assistant coach at theUniversity of Arkansas, where he coached for two years.[2]
Grove was then hired as the head coach and athletic director atHendrix College inConway, Arkansas, where coached until he retired in 1959.[3]
In retirement, Grove lived a block from the Hendrix campus. He died on January 2, 1984.[4]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison(Independent)(1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Oklahoma Baptist | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1921 | Oklahoma Baptist | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist: | 8–10–1 | ||||||||
| Hendrix Bulldogs(Independent)(1924–1927) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Hendrix | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Hendrix | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1926 | Hendrix | 7–1–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Hendrix | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| Hendrix Warriors(Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference)(1928–1955) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Hendrix | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1929 | Hendrix | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1930 | Hendrix | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1931 | Hendrix | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1932 | Hendrix | 6–2–2 | |||||||
| 1933 | Hendrix | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | Hendrix | 3–5–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | Hendrix | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1936 | Hendrix | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1937 | Hendrix | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1938 | Hendrix | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1939 | Hendrix | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1940 | Hendrix | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1941 | No team | ||||||||
| 1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1946 | Hendrix | 1–8 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1947 | Hendrix | 4–5–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Hendrix | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1949 | Hendrix | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1950 | Hendrix | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1951 | Hendrix | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1952 | Hendrix | 1–5 | |||||||
| 1953 | Hendrix | 1–6 | |||||||
| 1954 | Hendrix | 0–7 | |||||||
| 1955 | Hendrix | 0–8 | |||||||
| Hendrix: | 103–116–15 | ||||||||
| Total: | 111–126–16 | ||||||||