Austin Kangaroos football

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First season1898; 128 years ago (1898)
Athletic directorDavid Norman
Head coachTony Joe White
3rd season, 3–17 (.150)
StadiumApple Stadium
Austin Kangaroos football
First season1898; 128 years ago (1898)
Athletic directorDavid Norman
Head coachTony Joe White
3rd season, 3–17 (.150)
StadiumApple Stadium
LocationSherman, Texas
NCAA divisionDivision III
ConferenceSCAC
All-time record354–446–29 (.445)
NAIA national championships
NAIA Division II: 1981
Conference championships
7
RivalriesSouthwestern
ColorsCrimson and gold[1]
   
MascotKangaroos
Websiteaustin.prestosports.com/football

The Austin Kangaroos football team represents Austin College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Kangaroos are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), fielding its team in the SCAC since 2024. 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.

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, and championships
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

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