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.
| Austin Kangaroos football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1898 |
| Athletic director | David Norman |
| Head coach | Tony Joe White 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Apple Stadium |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Sherman, Texas |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | ASC |
| Past conferences | Independent TIAA TC NAIA independent TIAA ASC SCAC SAA |
| All-time record | 354–446–29 (.445) |
| Playoff appearances | 4 |
| Playoff record | 2–2–1 |
| Claimed national titles | 1 (shared) |
| Conference titles | 7 |
| Rivalries | Southwestern |
| Colors | Crimson and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Kangaroos |
| Website | austin.prestosports.com |
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
References
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