Frank Haege

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Frank Haege is the current head football coach at Augsburg College. 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 ArenaFootball2 (AF2), which is the Arena Football League's developmental league. In his two seasons as head coach of the Steamwheelers, they compiled a 37-1 record and won back to back Arena Cup Championships. 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. He spent three seasons with the Gladiators before becoming the head coach at Augsburg College, where he is today. Haege is the son of Arena Football coaching legend Art Haege, who is known for his time with the Iowa Barnstormers. Haege, a native of Virginia, Minn., and his wife, Michele, have a son, Frank Jr.

As the head coach at Augsburg College his total record of wins to losses is 2-18, one win each year. One reason for this rough start might be that he is unwilling to explore all of his options. Another thing is that he has made some snap judgments about players abilities based on their physical appearance and not their actual ability, at least until they show him. This wastes time and even talent that could be needed to get some wins.