Jim Van Man
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
Team Akron
Conference MAC
Biographical details
Alma mater Louisville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2024-present Akron (OC)

Jim Van Man is an American college football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Akron Zips.

Coaching career

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Akron

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Unlike most collegiate coaches, Van Man did not play college football. In March 2024, he signed a one-year contract to be the offensive coordinator of the Akron Zips after newly-hired Taylor Housewright took a step back from football.

Assistant coaching record

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Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Coaches# CFP°
Akron Zips (Mid American Conference) (2024–present)
2024 Akron 0-00–0
Akron: 0-00–0
Total:0-0
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Season-by-season schedules

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Akron

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2024 season

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DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31at No. 2 Ohio State*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
September 7at Rutgers*
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
September 14FCS East*
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
September 21at South Carolina*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
September 28at Ohio
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
October 5Bowling Green
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
October 12at Western Michigan
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
October 26Eastern Michigan
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
November 2Buffalo
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
November 13at Northern Illinois
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
November 19at Kent State
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH (rivalry)
November 26Toledo
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH