Tom Austin begins his 15th year as Colby's head coach, ranking among the senior NESCAC football coaches in continuous service at his school. He is the school's career leader in football coaching victories, compiling a 47-64-1 overall record during his tenure on Mayflower Hill. Austin has guided the Mules to five winning seasons in the last eight years, and his Colby teams have won or shared the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) in-state championship during nine of the past 11 seasons.

Austin is a 1963 graduate of the University of Maine, where he started at quarterback for the Black Bears. He served as head coach at Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine, from 1965 to 1966. In 1968 he became an assistant football coach at Ithaca College before coaching at Boston University from 1969 to 1973. The Lima, Ohio, native arrived at Colby after a 14-year stint as head coach at Bridgton (Maine) Academy, where he compiled a 60-34-4 record.

Austin credits much of Colby's gridiron success to the experience and continuity of a veteran coaching staff led by Ed Mestieri, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the past 11 years; Tom Dexter, defensive coordinator, defensive secondary coach and strength coach for the past 11 years; and Mark Godomsky, offensive backfield coach for the past six years.

Austin also serves as Colby's director of intramurals and previously served as assistant women's lacrosse coach.

2001
#	Name/Year	Hometown	High School
88	Matthew Albertelli '05	Woburn, Mass.	Woburn
84	Mark Azevedo '04	Kingston, Mass.	Silver Lake
39	Steven Beaty '05	Glens Falls, N.Y.	Glens Falls
58	Brandon Binder '05	Piedmont, Calif.	Piedmont
55	Mike Booras '05	Scituate, Mass.	Thayer Academy
45	James Bradford '04	Bangor, Maine	Bangor
10	Jason Brooks '02	Lisbon Falls, Maine	Lisbon
23	Alex Burgess '03	Manchester, Mass.	Manchester
79	Michael Callinan '04	Holbrook, Mass.	Cardinal Spellman
13	Lee Carlson '03	Braintree, Mass.	Braintree
78	Curtis Chin '05	S. Deerfield, Mass.	Deerfield Academy
6	Michael Civitello '05	Hamden, Conn.	Notre Dame
77	Matthew Clason '04	Cheshire, Conn.	Cheshire
14	Pat Conley '03	Bath, Maine	Morse/Deerfield Academy
59	Brendan Crighton '05	Lynn, Mass.	Lynn Classical
61	Jason Cummings '02	Pittsfield, Maine	Maine Central Institute
21	Jason Cunnane '03	Wrentham, Mass.	King Philip Academy
96	Lawrence Dagrosa '05	W. Hartford, Conn.	Conard
71	Anthony DiSotto '03	Jay, Maine	Jay
66	Michael DiStefano '03	Lexington, Mass.	Xaverian Brothers
44	Chris Duncombe '05	Athens, Maine	Madison
11	* Patrick Fahey '02	Bannockburn, Ill.	Loyola Academy
33	Thomas Ferzoco '02	Leominster, Mass.	St. John's
3	William Foley '05	Portsmouth, R.I.	Portsmouth
51	Bill Gallitto '05	Middletown, Conn.	Xavier
89	Jason Grantham '02	Dayton, Maine	Thornton Academy
56	Dan Greenfield '02	W. Hartford, Conn.	Kingswood Oxford
17	C. Patrick Harner '05	W. Greenwich, Conn.	Exeter/W. Greenwich
31	Wayne Harrrington '05	Rockkland, Mass.	Rockland
68	Bodo Heiliger '02	Allendale, N.J.	N. Highlands Regional
42	Noah Hoffman '05	Harpswell, Maine	Mt. Ararat
8	Brandon Irwin '04	Sherburne, N.Y.	Sherborne-Earlville
36	Jeremy Jamieson '04	Stoneham, Mass.	Stoneham
5	Keith Jonassen '02	Albion, Maine	Lawrence
9	Guito Joseph '03	Hyannis, Mass.	Barnstable/New Hampton
46	Stephen Kasperski '05	Naperville, Ill.	Naperville North
35	Chip Kennett '03	Conway. N.H.	Kennett
15	Michael Kershaw '05	Brockton, Mass.	Brockton
52	Brian Kittler '04	Norwell, Mass.	St. Sebastian's
16	Robert Lippert '04	Augusta, Maine	Cony
75	Peter Loverso'03	Warwick, N.Y.	Warwick Valley
38	Matthew Lundgren '05	New Haven, Conn.	Hopkins School
74	Gregory Lynch '04	Walpole, Mass.	St. Sebastian's
86	Ian MacPherson '03	Waltham, Mass.	Waltham
64	Matt Mahoney '03	Winthrop, Mass.	Winthrop
82	Stephen Markwsich '05	Weymouth, Mass.	Weymouth
92	Edward Mezer '05	Arlington, Mass.	Arlington
94	Kyle Miller '05	Andover, Mass.	Andover
32	Michael Miller '05	Plymouth, N.H.	Plymouth
34	Mike Moran '03	Bedford, N.H.	Manchester West
25	Patrick Morris '03	Melrose, Mass.	Melrose
53	Jeffery Moyer '04	Bridgewater, Mass.	Bridgewater-Raynham
7	Sean Murphy '05	Katonah, N.Y.	The Taft School
2	Joe Murray '02	Winthrop, Mass.	Winthrop
18	Danny Noyes '02	Silver Lake, N.H.	Kennett
26	Jeff Owen '03	Whitman, Mass.	Whitman/Hanson
60	Dan Parise '03	Westboro, Mass.	Westboro
12	Kevin Presbrey '03	Aurora, Ill.	West Aurora
24	Rashad Randolph '02	New York, N.Y.	St. George's School
54	Daniel Saganey '05	Norfolk, Mass.	Bishop Feehan
70	Jacob Seilheimer '03	New Auburn, Wis.	New Auburn
90	Peter Sherman '04	Larchmont, N.Y.	Rye Country Day
19	Timothy Sielschott '04	Lima, Ohio	Bath High
73	Kevin Smalley '03	Seminole, Fla.	Osceola
20	Aaron Stepka '05	Watertown, Conn.	Farmington/The Taft School
76	Rob Vail '03	E. Boothbay, Maine	Boothbay
57	Matt Wallerstein '03	Falls Church, Va.	George Mason
4	Luke Webster '03	Manchester, N.H.	Manchester Central
63	* Brian Wezowicz '02	Longmeadow, Mass.	Longmeadow
22	Don Williams '03	Owls Head, Maine	Rockland
28	Thomas Wilson '05	Bellevue, Wash.	Lakeside School
65	Jesse Wrenn '05	Brentwood, Tenn.	Franklin Road Academy
43	Matt York '03	Pittsfield, Maine	Maine Central Institute

* denotes team captain