Roger Thomas (American football coach)

Roger Thomas

Biographical details
Born	(1947-08-19) August 19, 1947 (age 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1967	Augustana (SD)
Position(s)	Running back, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1969–1975	Augustana (SD) (assistant)
1976–1977	Sioux Falls
1978–1979	North Dakota (OC)
1980–1982	Cal State Fullerton (AHC/OC)
1983	Minnesota (offensive backfield)
1984–1985	Toronto Argonauts (offensive backfield / receivers)
1986–1998	North Dakota
Baseball
1973	Augustana (SD)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1999–2005	North Dakota
2005–2008	NCC (commissioner)
2008–2017	Mary
Head coaching record
Overall	91–60–2 (football) 6–18 (baseball)
Tournaments	Football 4–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football NCC (1993–1995)

Roger Thomas (born August 19, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois)^[1] 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.^[2] Thomas was previously the head football coach at Sioux Falls College—now known as the University of Sioux Falls—from 1976 to 1977^[3] and at the University of North Dakota from 1986 to 1998.^[1] He was also the athletic director at North Dakota from 1999 to 2005.^[1] 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.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Sioux Falls Braves (Tri-State Conference) (1976–1977)
1976	Sioux Falls	1–5
1977	Sioux Falls	0–6
Sioux Falls:		1–11
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference) (1986–1998)
1986	North Dakota	2–9	2–7	9th
1987	North Dakota	6–4	5–4	T–4th
1988	North Dakota	7–4	5–4	T–4th
1989	North Dakota	3–7–1	2–6–1	9th
1990	North Dakota	7–3	7–2	2nd
1991	North Dakota	7–2	6–2	T–2nd
1992	North Dakota	6–4–1	6–2–1	2nd	L NCAA Division II First Round
1993	North Dakota	10–3	7–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Semifinal
1994	North Dakota	10–3	7–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Semifinal
1995	North Dakota	9–2	8–1	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
1996	North Dakota	7–3	6–3	T–2nd
1997	North Dakota	8–2	7–2	T–2nd
1998	North Dakota	8–3	7–2	3rd	L NCAA Division II First Round
North Dakota:		90–49–2	75–39–2
Total:		91–60–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Staff Directory: Roger Thomas". Mary Marauders. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
2. "Former UND football coach and athletic director Roger Thomas retires from the University of Mary". Grand Forks Herald. April 4, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
3. Kolpack, Jeff (January 18, 2005). "Thomas to take NCC post". InForum. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
4. "Roger Thomas (2014) - Hall of Fame". North Dakota Fighting Hawks. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2025.