Roger Thomas (American football coach) explained

Roger Thomas
Birth Date:19 August 1947
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:c. 1967
Player Team2:Augustana (SD)
Player Positions:Running back, quarterback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1969–1975
Coach Team2:Augustana (SD) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1976–1977
Coach Team3:Sioux Falls
Coach Years4:1978–1979
Coach Team4:North Dakota (OC)
Coach Years5:1980–1982
Coach Team5:Cal State Fullerton (AHC/OC)
Coach Years6:1983
Coach Team6:Minnesota (offensive backfield)
Coach Years7:1984–1985
Coach Team7:Toronto Argonauts (offensive backfield / receivers)
Coach Years8:1986–1998
Coach Team8:North Dakota
Coach Sport9:Baseball
Coach Years10:1973
Coach Team10:Augustana (SD)
Admin Years1:1999–2005
Admin Team1:North Dakota
Admin Years2:2005–2008
Admin Team2:NCC (commissioner)
Admin Years3:2008–2017
Admin Team3:Mary
Overall Record:91–60–2 (football)
6–18 (baseball)
Tournament Record:Football
4–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Championships:Football
NCC (1993–1995)

Roger Thomas (born August 19, 1947) is a former American college athletics administrator and American football coach. He was the athletic director at the University of Mary from 2008 to 2017. Thomas was previously the head football coach at Sioux Falls College—now known as the University of Sioux Falls—from 1976 to 1977 and at the University of North Dakota from 1986 to 1998. He was also the athletic director at North Dakota from 1999 to 2005. Subsequently, he served as the commissioner of the NCAA Division II's North Central Conference (NCC) from 2005 until the conference's demise in 2008.