# Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football

The Augustana Vikings football team represents Augustana University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Vikings are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), fielding its team in the NSIC since 2008. The Vikings play their home games at Kirkeby–Over Stadium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.

## Conference affiliation

* Independent (1920–1921)
* South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1922–1941)
* North Central Conference (1942–2007)
* Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (2008–present)

## List of head coaches
### Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, and conference records :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
| 1 | Jorgen A. Johnson | 1920–1921 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Carl Anderson | 1922–1924 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0.587 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0.618 |
| 3 | Martin Cole | 1925–1926 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.313 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.286 |
| 4 | H. Paul Dee | 1927–1930 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0.371 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.526 |
| 5 | Leonard A. Olson | 1931–1942 | 96 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 0.776 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0.894 |
| 6 | Harry Lackey | 1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7 | Leonard A. Olson | 1946 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| 8 | Bob Fitch | 1947 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 |
| 9 | Jerry Thompson | 1948–1950 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0.269 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 |
| 10 | Linn Wells | 1951–1952 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0.176 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 |
| 11 | Vic Pederson | 1953 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 |
| 12 | Pinky Falgren | 1954–1955 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0.222 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0.125 |
| 13 | Bob Burns | 1956–1961 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0.580 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0.700 |
| 14 | Jim Malmquist | 1962–1968 | 63 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 0.341 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0.274 |
| 15 | Ralph Starenko | 1969–1976 | 79 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 0.405 | 16 | 35 | 1 | 0.317 |
| 16 | Joel Swisher | 1977–1980 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.449 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0.385 |
| 17 | Lyle Eidsness | 1981–1984 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0.302 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0.250 |
| 18 | Jim Heinitz | 1985–1992, 1996–2004 | 185 | 79 | 105 | 1 | 0.430 | 51 | 93 | 1 | 0.355 |
| 19 | Denny Moller | 1993–1995 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0.371 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0.903 |
| 20 | Brad Salem | 2005–2009 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0.544 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0.500 |
| 21 | Mike Aldrich | 2010–2012 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0.629 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.645 |
| 22 | Jerry Olszewski | 2013–present | 115 | 74 | 41 | 0 | 0.643 | 72 | 37 | 0 | 0.661 |

## Year-by-year results

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Augustana Vikings |||||||||||||||
| 1920 | 1920 | Jorgen A. Johnson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1921 | 1921 | Jorgen A. Johnson | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1922 | 1922 | Carl Anderson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1923 | 1923 | Carl Anderson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 4 | 3 | 1 | T–5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 1924 | 1924 | Carl Anderson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1925 | Martin Cole | NCAA | — | SDIC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1926 | 1926 | Martin Cole | NCAA | — | SDIC | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1927 | 1927 | H. Paul Dee | NCAA | — | SDIC | 2 | 4 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1928 | 1928 | H. Paul Dee | NCAA | — | SDIC | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1929 | 1929 | H. Paul Dee | NCAA | — | SDIC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1930 | 1930 | H. Paul Dee | NCAA | — | SDIC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1931 | 1931 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1932 | 1932 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 6 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| 1933 | 1933 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 5 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| 1934 | 1934 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — |
| 1935 | 1935 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| 1936 | 1936 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 8 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| 1937 | 1937 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1938 | 1938 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 1939 | 1939 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — |
| 1940 | 1940 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1941 | 1941 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | SDIC | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — |
| 1942 | 1942 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | NCC | 8 | 0 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — |
| No team from 1943 to 1944 |||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | Harry Lackey | NCAA | — | NCC | 1 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1946 | Leonard A. Olson | NCAA | — | NCC | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | Bob Fitch | NCAA | — | NCC | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1948 | Jerry Thompson | NCAA | — | NCC | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1949 | Jerry Thompson | NCAA | — | NCC | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1950 | Jerry Thompson | NCAA | — | NCC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1951 | Linn Wells | NCAA | — | NCC | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1952 | Linn Wells | NCAA | — | NCC | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1953 | Vic Pederson | NCAA | — | NCC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1954 | Pinky Falgren | NCAA | — | NCC | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1955 | Pinky Falgren | NCAA | — | NCC | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1956 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1957 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 0 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1958 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1959 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 1 | Conference champion | — |
| 1960 | 1960 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1961 | Bob Burns | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1962 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1963 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1964 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1965 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 1 | 6 | 1 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1966 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1967 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1968 | Jim Malmquist | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1969 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1970 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1971 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1972 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | College Division | NCC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1973 | 1973 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1975 | 1975 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1976 | 1976 | Ralph Starenko | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1977 | 1977 | Joel Swisher | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1978 | 1978 | Joel Swisher | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1979 | 1979 | Joel Swisher | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1980 | 1980 | Joel Swisher | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1981 | 1981 | Lyle Eidsness | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1982 | 1982 | Lyle Eidsness | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1983 | 1983 | Lyle Eidsness | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1984 | 1984 | Lyle Eidsness | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 1985 | 1985 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 1986 | 1986 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 18 |
| 1989 | 1989 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 8 | 3 | 1 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 1 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 11 |
| 1990 | 1990 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1991 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | Denny Moller | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | Denny Moller | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Denny Moller | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Jim Heinitz | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Brad Salem | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Brad Salem | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Brad Salem | NCAA | Division II | NCC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Brad Salem | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Brad Salem | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | L Mineral Water | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Mike Aldrich | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 6 |
| 2011 | 2011 | Mike Aldrich | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Mike Aldrich | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th (South) | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 24 |
| 2016 | 2016 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — |
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 13 | 15 |