# Austin Kangaroos 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.

## 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; 2021–2023)
* Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (2006–2011; 2013–2016; 2024–present)
* Southern Athletic Association (2016–2020)

## 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, 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 | 1961–1968 | 72 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 0.604 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Duane Nutt | 1969–1972 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Larry Kramer | 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 | 1994–2005 | 118 | 43 | 75 | 0 | 0.364 | 35 | 54 | 0 | 0.393 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Ronnie Gage | 2006–2009 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0.436 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0.346 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Loren Dawson | 2010–2022 | 132 | 37 | 95 | 0 | 0.280 | 17 | 55 | 0 | 0.236 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Tony Joe White | 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | Postseason |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason |
| Austin Kangaroos ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1974 | 1974 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1975 | 1975 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1976 | 1976 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 1977 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 1978 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1979 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal |
| 1980 | 1980 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 1981 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 11 | 1 | 1 | T–1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | T NAIA Division II Championship |
| 1982 | 1982 | Larry Kramer | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1983 | 1983 | Stan McGarvey | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 1984 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 4 | 1 | Conference champion |
| 1985 | 1985 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champion |
| 1986 | 1986 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 1987 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 1988 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round |
| 1989 | 1989 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| 1990 | 1990 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round |
| 1991 | 1991 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1992 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 1993 | Mel Tjeerdsma | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1994 | David Norman | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1995 | David Norman | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 1996 | David Norman | NAIA | Division II | ASC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 1997 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1998 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 1999 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 2000 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2001 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2002 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 2003 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 2004 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 2005 | David Norman | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2006 | Ronnie Gage | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 2007 | Ronnie Gage | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2008 | Ronnie Gage | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2009 | Ronnie Gage | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 2010 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 2011 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 2012 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 2013 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2014 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2015 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2016 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2017 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SAA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2018 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SAA | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2019 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SAA | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | SAA | 1 | 3 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2021 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2022 | Loren Dawson | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2023 | Tony Joe White | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T-6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | |