The Austin Kangaroos football team represents Austin College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Kangaroos are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 2021. The Kangaroos play their home games at Apple Stadium in Sherman, Texas. The team is also known as the Austin 'Roos.
Their head coach is Tony Joe White, who took over the position for the 2023 season.
Conference affiliations
- Independent (1898; 1900–1905; 1907–1908; 1954–1972; 2012)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1909–1925)
- Texas Conference (1926–1953)
- NAIA independent (1973–1975)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1976–1995)
- American Southwest Conference (1996–2005; 2021–present)
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (2006–2011; 2013–2016; 2024)
- Southern Athletic Association (2016–2020)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no coach | 1898; 1900 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | R. N. Watts | 1901 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | James Washington Culver (and J. M. Frick in 1902) | 1902–1905 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Tom W. Currie | 1907 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.071 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Charles A. Richenstein | 1908 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | J. Burton Rix | 1909–1910 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0.579 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Chester Johnson | 1911–1914 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | J. W. Jones | 1915 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.444 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Webster H. Warren | 1916 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | C. A. Clingenpeel | 1917 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Roy K. McCall | 1918 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 1919–1920; 1936–1938 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 0.543 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.579 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Eugene Neely | 1921 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Raymond Morehart, Dave Pena, and Charles Robertson | 1922; 1933 (Morehart) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Pete Cawthon | 1923–1927 | 45 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 0.556 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Cecil Grigg | 1928–1932 | 46 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0.304 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0.457 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Joseph B. Head | 1934 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Bill Pierce | 1935; 1947–1948 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0.403 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 19 | Garvice Steen | 1939–1941; 1946 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | unknown | 1942–1945 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Ray Morrison | 1949–1952 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0.297 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Harry Buffington | 1953–1954 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Joe Spencer | 1955–1960 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Floyd Gass[5] | 1961–1968 | 72 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 0.604 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Duane Nutt | 1969–1972 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Larry Kramer[6] | 1973–1982 | 99 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 0.530 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 0.644 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 27 | Stan McGarvey | 1983 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Mel Tjeerdsma | 1984–1993 | 102 | 59 | 39 | 4 | 0.598 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 0.571 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 |
| 29 | David Norman[7] | 1994–2005 | 118 | 43 | 75 | 0 | 0.364 | 35 | 54 | 0 | 0.393 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Ronnie Gage[8] | 2006–2009 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0.436 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0.346 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Loren Dawson[9][10] | 2010–2022 | 132 | 37 | 95 | 0 | 0.280 | 17 | 55 | 0 | 0.236 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Tony Joe White[11][12] | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results since 1973
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Austin Kangaroos | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 1976 | TIAA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | |||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 11 | 1 | 1 | T–1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | T NAIA Division II Championship | |||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | Stan McGarvey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Mel Tjeerdsma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 4 | 1 | Conference champion | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champion | |||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | |||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | |||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | David Norman | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1996 | 1996 | ASC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1997 | 1997 | NCAA | Division III | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | Ronnie Gage | SCAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | Loren Dawson | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | SCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | SAA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | ASC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Tony Joe White | 1 | 9 | 0 | T-6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Notes
- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
- ^ "AUSTIN COLLEGE". Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "Floyd Gass | News OK". April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Article clipped from The Bonham Daily Favorite". The Bonham Daily Favorite. May 29, 1973. p. 6. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "David Norman". Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Creative, Man of War (February 24, 2021). "AUTHOR & COACH RONNIE GAGE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL'S TOP COACHES OF THE PAST 100 YEARS". 91Kick. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Dawson Resigns as Austin College Football Coach". November 15, 2022.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Austin College coach Loren Dawson resigns". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Austin College hires successful Division III head coach Tony Joe White". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ Athletics, Austin College (December 23, 2022). "Hunt County native Tony Joe White named as Austin College football coach". Herald-Banner. Retrieved June 28, 2023.