Lawrence C. "Kangaroo Pete" Kaarsberg (August 6, 1876 â January 25, 1943) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oregon in 1900, compiling a record of 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ1. Kaarsberg was a college athlete at the University of California, Berkeley, playing football and baseball. Kaarsberg died on January 25, 1943, at Vallejo General Hospital in Vallejo, California, after a heart attack.