Background
Haege is the son of coach Art Haege, who is known for his time with the Iowa Barnstormers.
Haege is the son of coach Art Haege, who is known for his time with the Iowa Barnstormers.
He is also a former coach in the Arena Football League. While in the Arena Football League, he was an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Mustangs in 1994, the Minnesota Fighting Pike in 1996, and the New Jersey Red Dogs from 1997 through 1999. In 2000, Haege became the head coach of the Quad City Steamwheelers of the af2, which is the Arena Football League"s developmental league.
In 2002, Haege left the Steamwheelers to become the head coach of the New Jersey Gladiators (later the Las Vegas Gladiators) of the Arena Football League.
Haege set an American Federation of Labor-Congress record for best turnaround of an American Federation of Labor-Congress team He took over a 2-12 (2001) team and lead them to a record of 9-5 in 2002.
The 2002 Gladiators also made it to the second round of the American Federation of Labor-Congress playoffs. The Gladiators went 8-8 and made the playoffs in 2003.
They also went 8-8 in 2004.
Haege"s overall record as a professional football coach is 62-24. Haege spent four years as an assistant football coach at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Bemidji State University from 1992 to 1995, and was the offensive coordinator from 1996 to 1998 at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Haege became head coach of Augsburg in 2005.
In the 2009 season, the team"s record was 4 wins and 6 loses.