David Norman
Head Coach
A 1983 graduate of Austin
College, David Norman was named his alma mater’s 29th head
football coach in March 1994. Norman joined the staff at Austin
College in 1989, when he was hired as offensive coordinator and
head baseball coach. Prior to returning to Austin College, he had
a successful five-year stint at Denison High School as an
assistant coach where he helped coach four district championship
teams.
As well as coaching champions, Norman has played on a few championship teams. His Big Sandy High School team was a state champion, and Norman played for the Kangaroos in 1981 when Austin College won the NAIA National Championship. He also was a member of two TIAA championship teams at AC.
Along with teaching a variety of academic courses in Austin College’s Department of Physical Education, Norman is also the Assistant Director of Facilities and Recreation at AC.
During his four year tenure as Austin College head coach, the Kangaroos have posted a 15-25 overall record.
Norman also received a Master’s Degree from Austin College in 1984. Norman and his wife, Margie, are the proud parents of two children, Megan and Scott. (top of page)
The 1998 edition of the Austin College football team will have a more mature look than any Kangaroo squad in recent years, as nearly 50 players on the team will be upperclassmen. Head coach David Norman and his staff will welcome back 18 starters (10 on offense and 8 on defense) from a team that posted a 4-6 overall record and a 2-3 American Southwest Conference mark in 1997.
In 1998, AC returns to a balanced five-home and five-road game schedule following two seasons in which the ‘Roos played six road games and only four home contests. The balanced schedule along with another outstanding recruiting class has hopes high in Sherman for the Kangaroos to move up the American Southwest Conference standings.
On offense, senior Joe Newton, who started all 10 games last season, and junior Mike Phillips figure to see time at quarterback. Newton threw for 1420 yards last season with eight touchdowns. Phillips, who played in nine of 10 games, completed 47.0 percent of his passes in ‘96.
The offensive line should be a team strength, as four starters are back led by two-time All-Conference guard, junior Paul Samartin. Also back at their starting positions on the offensive line are juniors guard Shawn Mahan, center Brian Orwig and tackle Chad Carey. The O-line is also a deep position group on the ‘98 Kangaroos, as back-ups return at every position, and the team figures to have a healthy junior Grant Sisemore back. Sisemore was limited to only a couple of games played in 1996 due to sickness.
Another deep and talented position group on offense should be the running backs. Sophomore Dustin Barrett, the team’s leading rusher last season with 414 yards as a freshman, is back. Senior Joe Bryant returns to his starting H-back spot, and also back are talented sophomores James Grantham (363 yards in ‘96) and Aaron Kernek (110 yards last season). 1996 American Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year Brian Marshall hopes to bounce back from an injury-plagued 1997 season in which he was limited to only four games and 30 carries. When Marshall did carry the ball, he showed why he the Conference Freshman of the Year in ‘96, as he averaged nearly four yards per rush. Senior Bryce Lokey (20 receptions for 291 yards and two touchdowns) and speedy sophomore Cory Hailey (averaged 18.7 yards per reception in ‘97) return to lead the AC receivers.
On defense, a talented group of linebackers return, along with a solid group in the secondary. The defensive line is a bit of a question mark entering the season, as two starters, including First Team All-ASC performer Justin Buchanan, must be replaced. The ‘98 Kangaroos’ will have a solid group of six linebackers led by All-Conference performer junior Reed Heim (team-leading 94 tackles). Joining Heim at linebacker will be seniors Joe Parker, Randy Bryant and Zach Hobbs, along with talented junior Mitchell Hill and hard-hitting sophomore Charles Gurley. Some of this talented group may have to move to the line help fill holes at that spot.
In the secondary, senior free safety and First Team All-Conference performer Carlos Soto returns. Last season, Soto was second on the team in tackles with 87. He had two interceptions and recovered a team-leading four fumbles in ‘97. Carlos is also an outstanding special teams performer, as he averaged 20.2 yards per kickoff return and 5.5 yards per punt return last year. Junior Drew Harris and senior Jason Hulen return to their starting cornerback positions. Harris led the team in interceptions with three in 1997, while Hulen picked off two opponents’ passes.
On the defensive line, seniors Stuart Bowie and Bert Harlow along with juniors Chason Hale and Justin Ryan figure to battle for playing time. Sophomore punter John Grace, who averaged 35.6 yards per boot in 1997, is back. Grace could also battle for the starting place kicking job.
Following an off week, the Kangaroos will open their 1998 American Southwest Conference schedule on Saturday, October 3, when they host new ASC football playing member, Texas Lutheran University at 7:00 pm in the annual Sherman Kiwanis Charity game play at Sherman High School’s Bearcat Stadium. (top of page)
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (4-6-0) (2-3-0) (2-3-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE.......... (4-3-0) (2-2-0) (2-1-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-3-0) (0-1-0) (0-2-0) (0-0-0) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Sep 5, 1998 MILLSAPS COLLEGE L 10-27 - Sep 12, 1998 at Nebraska Wesleyan L 14-21 1800 Sep 19, 1998 at Trinity (TX) L 20-31 1456 *Oct 3, 1998 TEXAS LUTHERAN W 34-0 2134 *Oct 10, 1998 at Howard Payne L 23-45 - *Oct 17, 1998 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 27-66 617 *Oct 24, 1998 at Mary Hardin-Baylor W 34-20 - *Oct 31, 1998 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 24-31 2077 *Nov 7, 1998 at Sul Ross State W 58-23 - *Nov 14, 1998 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE W 40-34 794 * Denotes ASC Game |
1997 Results & Record (4-6,2-3) 9/6/97
at Millsaps............ 15-44 |
TEAM STATISTICS AUSTIN OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 284 298 Points Per Game............. 28.4 29.8 FIRST DOWNS................... 201 175 Rushing..................... 68 62 Passing..................... 102 96 Penalty..................... 31 17 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1489 1296 Yards gained rushing........ 1746 1621 Yards lost rushing.......... 257 325 Rushing Attempts............ 373 395 Average Per Rush............ 4.0 3.3 Average Per Game............ 148.9 129.6 TDs Rushing................. 15 17 PASSING YARDAGE............... 2823 2373 Att-Comp-Int................ 345-184-16 318-174-7 Average Per Pass............ 8.2 7.5 Average Per Catch........... 15.3 13.6 Average Per Game............ 282.3 237.3 TDs Passing................. 22 21 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4312 3669 Total Plays................. 718 713 Average Per Play............ 6.0 5.1 Average Per Game............ 431.2 366.9 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 41-863 37-770 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 24-119 24-203 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 7-115 16-150 KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE........ 21.0 20.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 5.0 8.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 16.4 9.4 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 31-22 20-10 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 96-916 100-1099 Average Per Game............ 91.6 109.9 PUNTS-YARDS................... 61-2026 69-2324 Average Per Punt............ 33.2 33.7 Net punt average............ 29.9 32.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:53 30:03 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 48/142 52/160 3rd-Down Pct................ 34% 33% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 6/16 7/21 4th-Down Pct................ 38% 33% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 26-146 16-102 MISC YARDS.................... 0 40 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 39 41 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 4-8 5-10 PAT KICKS-ATTEMPTS............ 26-34 37-39 ATTENDANCE.................... 5622 3256 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 5/1124 5/651 BY QUARTER 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------------ --- --- --- --- --- Team........ 64 75 66 79 - 284 Opponents... 71 104 31 92 - 298 |
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Aaron Kernek 10 152 866 61 805 5.3 8 49 80.5
Joe Newton 10 75 301 111 190 2.5 3 22 19.0
James Grantham 9 37 142 5 137 3.7 0 22 15.2
Joe Bryant 9 35 118 2 116 3.3 3 17 12.9
Joel Gill 8 24 103 5 98 4.1 0 15 12.3
Mike Phillips 9 21 103 41 62 3.0 1 72 6.9
David Harvey 8 3 46 0 46 15.3 0 42 5.8
Brian Marshall 4 20 49 13 36 1.8 0 10 9.0
Bryce Lokey 9 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 1.4
Jason Means 5 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 4 1.0
Jeff Riordan 10 3 0 19 -19 -6.3 0 0 -1.9
Total.......... 10 373 1746 257 1489 4.0 15 72 148.9
Opponents...... 10 395 1621 325 1296 3.3 17 80 129.6
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
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Joe Newton 10 147.20 236-128-11 54.2 2088 20 65 208.8
Mike Phillips 9 106.86 107-56-5 52.3 735 2 68 81.7
Travis Stein 2 0.00 2-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total.......... 10 133.84 345-184-16 53.3 2823 22 68 282.3
Opponents...... 10 134.79 318-174-7 54.7 2373 21 62 237.3
RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Cory Hailey 10 53 1104 20.8 8 68 110.4
Brandon Mays 10 32 556 17.4 5 64 55.6
Jeff Riordan 10 29 423 14.6 4 50 42.3
Aaron Kernek 10 20 185 9.3 1 27 18.5
Bryce Lokey 9 19 277 14.6 2 34 30.8
Grant Sadler 8 12 175 14.6 1 25 21.9
Joe Bryant 9 11 65 5.9 0 15 7.2
James Grantham 9 4 3 0.8 0 3 0.3
Joel Gill 8 2 11 5.5 0 15 1.4
Brian Marshall 4 1 21 21.0 0 21 5.3
Trent Cox 2 1 3 3.0 1 3 1.5
Total.......... 10 184 2823 15.3 22 68 282.3
Opponents...... 10 174 2373 13.6 21 62 237.3
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Cory Hailey 13 60 4.6 0 22
Carlos Soto 4 19 4.8 0 8
Jeff Riordan 4 27 6.8 0 8
Brandon Mays 3 13 4.3 0 9
Total.......... 24 119 5.0 0 22
Opponents...... 24 203 8.5 0 34
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Jeremiah Banek 2 37 18.5 0 33
Hugh Byrd 2 12 6.0 0 12
Carlos Soto 1 0 0.0 0 0
Mitchell Hill 1 66 66.0 1 66
John Palmer 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total.......... 7 115 16.4 1 66
Opponents...... 16 150 9.4 0 40
KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Bryce Lokey 17 431 25.4 1 87
Jeff Riordan 16 349 21.8 0 49
Aaron Kernek 2 19 9.5 0 10
Carlos Soto 1 5 5.0 0 5
Chris Panneck 1 0 0.0 0 0
Reed Heim 1 22 22.0 0 22
Jason White 1 15 15.0 0 15
James Grantham 1 10 10.0 0 10
Mike Phillips 1 12 12.0 0 12
Total.......... 41 863 21.0 1 87
Opponents...... 37 770 20.8 1 85
FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Drew Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0
Jeremiah Banek 1 0 0.0 0 0
Stuart Bowie 1 0 0.0 0 0
Jason George 1 0 0.0 0 0
Reed Heim 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total.......... 5 0 0.0 0 0
Opponents...... 11 31 2.8 2 11
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
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Joe Newton 10 311 190 2088 2278 227.8
Aaron Kernek 10 152 805 0 805 80.5
Mike Phillips 9 128 62 735 797 88.6
James Grantham 9 37 137 0 137 15.2
Joe Bryant 9 35 116 0 116 12.9
Joel Gill 8 24 98 0 98 12.3
David Harvey 8 3 46 0 46 5.8
Brian Marshall 4 20 36 0 36 9.0
Bryce Lokey 9 1 13 0 13 1.4
Jason Means 5 2 5 0 5 1.0
Jeff Riordan 10 3 -19 0 -19 -1.9
Total.......... 10 718 1489 2823 4312 431.2
Opponents...... 10 713 1296 2373 3669 366.9
|------ PATs ------|
SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf - Pts
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Aaron Kernek 9 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-1 0 0 - 56
Cory Hailey 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 48
Brandon Mays 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 30
John Grace 0 2-3 20-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 26
Jeff Riordan 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 24
Joe Bryant 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 18
Joe Newton 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 - 18
Bryce Lokey 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 18
Jeremiah Banek 0 2-5 6-9 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 - 12
Mike Phillips 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 - 6
Trent Cox 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Grant Sadler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Mitchell Hill 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 - 4
Jason George 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 - 4
Greg Collins 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 - 2
Total.......... 39 4-8 26-34 1-3 1 1-2 0 4 - 284
Opponents...... 41 5-10 37-39 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 - 298
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Cory Hailey 10 0 1104 60 0 0 0 1164 116.4
Aaron Kernek 10 805 185 0 19 0 0 1009 100.9
Jeff Riordan 10 -19 423 27 349 0 0 780 78.0
Bryce Lokey 9 13 277 0 431 0 0 721 80.1
Brandon Mays 10 0 556 13 0 0 0 569 56.9
Joe Newton 10 190 0 0 0 0 0 190 19.0
Joe Bryant 9 116 65 0 0 0 0 181 20.1
Grant Sadler 8 0 175 0 0 0 0 175 21.9
James Grantham 9 137 3 0 10 0 0 150 16.7
Joel Gill 8 98 11 0 0 0 0 109 13.6
Mike Phillips 9 62 0 0 12 0 0 74 8.2
Mitchell Hill 3 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 22.0
Brian Marshall 4 36 21 0 0 0 0 57 14.3
David Harvey 8 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 5.8
Jeremiah Banek 9 0 0 0 0 37 0 37 4.1
Carlos Soto 10 0 0 19 5 0 0 24 2.4
Reed Heim 8 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 2.8
Jason White 9 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 1.7
Hugh Byrd 10 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 1.2
Jason Means 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.0
Trent Cox 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
Total.......... 10 1489 2823 119 863 115 0 5409 540.9
Opponents...... 10 1296 2373 203 770 150 31 4823 482.3
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk
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Jeremiah Banek 2-5 40.0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-2 0-0 30 0
John Grace 2-3 66.7 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 31 0
FG SEQUENCE Austin College OPPONENTS
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Millsaps College (30),20,41 42
Nebraska Wesleyan - 53
Trinity (TX) - 49,48,(23)
Texas Lutheran (29) -
Howard Payne 45 (40)
Hardin-Simmons - (26)
Mary Hardin-Baylor - 36
McMurry University (31) (43)
Sul Ross State (27) (24)
Mississippi College 46 -
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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John Grace 59 2026 34.3 58 2 0 4 2
Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Total.......... 61 2026 33.2 58 2 0 4 2
Opponents...... 69 2324 33.7 74 3 0 5 0
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|-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Charles Gurley 10 43 33 76 12-52 6.0-40 . 2 . . 3 . . 28 Carlos Soto 10 38 28 66 7-14 . 1-0 6 . 2-0 . . . 11 Reed Heim 8 31 26 57 1-2 . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 42 Jason George 10 31 22 53 10-29 2.0-13 . . . 1-0 . . 2 44 Stuart Bowie 10 36 17 53 11-33 6.5-38 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 41 Hugh Byrd 10 33 17 50 2-4 . 2-12 1 . . 1 . . 57 Donny Safford 10 19 25 44 11-46 8.0-43 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 31 Jeremiah Banek 9 23 13 36 4-12 . 2-37 3 . 1-0 . . . 38 Keith Richey 7 17 6 23 1-1 . . 2 . . . . . 32 Randy Bryant 10 13 9 22 2-5 . . 1 . . . . . 13 Drew Harris 9 15 7 22 . . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 51 Bert Harlow 9 6 15 21 3-7 1.0-6 . . . . . . . 76 Chason Hale 9 13 7 20 2-3 . . 1 . . . . . 66 Dave Matthews 10 7 11 18 2-2 . . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 54 Lance Craig 8 10 8 18 . . . . . . . . . 43 Jason Hulen 9 13 5 18 . . . 4 . . . . . 1 Mitchell Hill 3 9 6 15 1-0 1.0-8 1-66 . . . . . . 99 John Palmer 7 4 9 13 2-6 1.0-6 1-0 . . . . . . 45 Barrett Kirk 9 7 5 12 4-19 2.0-14 . . . . . . . 47 Joe Parker 9 4 6 10 1-2 . . . . 1-0 . . . 12 Jason White 9 6 4 10 1-2 . . . . . . 1 . 95 Aaron Ries 7 7 2 9 2-11 0.5-9 . . . . . . . 90 Chris Panneck 7 5 2 7 1-2 1.0-2 . . . . . . . 18 Kibwe Hampden 5 5 1 6 1-7 . . 1 . . . . . 6 Josh Cooper 7 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . 9 Zach Hobbs 8 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . 37 David Harvey 8 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 80 Jeff Riordan 10 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 26 John Patton 5 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 55 Justin Ryan 8 2 2 4 1-3 . . . . . . . . 49 Lonnie Roberts 1 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 8 Mike Phillips 9 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 7 Brandon Mays 10 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 Bryce Lokey 9 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 27 John Grace 10 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 75 Josh Reynolds 7 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 23 Brett Briseno 3 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 50 Ben Northington 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 17 Cory Hailey 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . TM Team 3 1 . 1 1-14 . . . . . . . 2 52 Justin Shefield 3 . 1 1 1-2 1.0-2 . . . . . . . 79 Charlie Mann 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 35 Iann Bunn 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 56 Greg Pels 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 33 Joe Bryant 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Dan Vogel 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 10 428 304 732 84-278 30.0-181 7-115 27 . 10-0 6 1 4 Opponents...... 10 - - - - 17.0-104 16-150 33 . 22-31 9 4 . (top of page)
