Tony Joe White enters his first season as the head coach of the Austin College football program in 2023, after having served as the head coach at Birmingham-Southern College from 2017-2022.

White is Birmingham-Southern's all-time leader in winning percentage, and comes in fresh off of a campaign in which the BSC Panthers finished 7-3. In 2021, Birmingham-Southern College went 10-2 and earned a trip to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. During his time at BSC, White has coached two players who finished as finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, given each year to the top player in all of NCAA Division III football. His teams have also regularly finished among the nation's leaders for both overall and rushing offenses. During White's tenure with the Panthers he has produced Southern Athletic Association players of the year each season. 

Prior to coaching at Birmingham-Southern, White served as the Director of Football Operations and offensive coordinator at Centre College from 2008-2016. During his time at Centre his offenses broke numerous school records, including averaging better than 500 total yards-per-game in 2015, and averaging more than 30 points-per-game for seven seasons. Centre was nationally ranked two times during his tenure and qualified for the NCAA playoffs twice. During their 2011 campaign, the Colonels advanced to the second round of the national tournament with White calling the offensive plays.

White, who played quarterback at Texas A&M-Commerce from 1991-1993, graduated from Texas State University in 1996 before doing his graduate work at Louisiana Tech University in 1997. In addition to coaching at BSC and Centre, he has also served at Belhaven University as the quarterbacks coach and special teams coordinator; on the coaching staff at Brownsboro High School; at Southeast Missouri State University as special teams coordinator and running backs coach; and as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Southwestern Baptist University. White is a member of the high school coaches associations of Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky, as well as the American Football Coaches Association and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.