Roger Thomas (American football coach)
# Roger Thomas (American football coach)

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.

## 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: | 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: | North Dakota: | 90–49–2 | 75–39–2 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 91–60–2 | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
