| Teamname: | Austin Kangaroos football |
| Athleticdirector: | David Norman |
| Headcoach: | Tony Joe White |
| Headcoachyear: | 2nd |
| Hcwins: | 1 |
| Hclosses: | 13 |
| Stadium: | Apple Stadium |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Sherman, Texas |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | ASC |
| Atwins: | 354 |
| Atlosses: | 446 |
| Atties: | 29 |
| Playoffapps: | 4 |
| Playoffs: | 2–2–1 |
| Natltitles: | 1 (shared) |
| Conftitles: | 7 |
| Mascotdisplay: | Kangaroos |
| Websitename: | austin.prestosports.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://austin.prestosports.com/sports/fball/index |
| Rivalries: | Southwestern |
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.
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | Charles A. Richenstein | 1908 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | J. Burton Rix | 1909–1910 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 7 | Chester Johnson | 1911–1914 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8 | J. W. Jones | 1915 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | Webster H. Warren | 1916 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | C. A. Clingenpeel | 1917 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | Roy K. McCall | 1918 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 1919–1920; 1936–1938 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 13 | Eugene Neely | 1921 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | Raymond Morehart, Dave Pena, and Charles Robertson | 1922; 1933 (Morehart) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 15 | Pete Cawthon | 1923–1927 | 45 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Cecil Grigg | 1928–1932 | 46 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | Joseph B. Head | 1934 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 18 | Bill Pierce | 1935; 1947–1948 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 19 | Garvice Steen | 1939–1941; 1946 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 20 | unknown | 1942–1945 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | Ray Morrison | 1949–1952 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 22 | Harry Buffington | 1953–1954 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 23 | Joe Spencer | 1955–1960 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 24 | Floyd Gass[1] | 1961–1968 | 72 | 43 | 28 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25 | Duane Nutt | 1969–1972 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 26 | Larry Kramer[2] | 1973–1982 | 99 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |||
| 27 | Stan McGarvey | 1983 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 28 | Mel Tjeerdsma | 1984–1993 | 102 | 59 | 39 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | |||
| 29 | David Norman[3] | 1994–2005 | 118 | 43 | 75 | 0 | 35 | 54 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 30 | Ronnie Gage[4] | 2006–2009 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 31 | Loren Dawson[5] [6] | 2010–2022 | 132 | 37 | 95 | 0 | 17 | 55 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 32 | Tony Joe White[7] [8] | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | |||||