| Frank Haege | |
| Current Title: | Special teams coordinator, defensive backs coach |
| Current Team: | Solon HS (IA) |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Two Rivers, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1988–1991 |
| Player Team1: | Wisconsin–Stout |
| Player Positions: | Tight end |
| Coach Years1: | 1992–1995 |
| Coach Team1: | Bemidji State (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1994 |
| Coach Team2: | Milwaukee Mustangs (ST/TE) |
| Coach Years3: | 1996 |
| Coach Team3: | Augsburg (WR) |
| Coach Years4: | 1996 |
| Coach Team4: | Minnesota Fighting Pike (DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1997–1998 |
| Coach Team5: | Augsburg (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team6: | New Jersey Red Dogs (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team7: | Quad City Steamwheelers |
| Coach Years8: | 2002–2004 |
| Coach Team8: | New Jersey Gladiators |
| Coach Years9: | 2005–2019 |
| Coach Team9: | Augsburg |
| Coach Years10: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team10: | Solon HS (IA) (STC/DB) |
| Overall Record: | 57–93 (college) 37–1 (af2) 25–23 (AFL) |
| Championships: | 2 ArenaCup (2000–2001) AFL East (2002) |
Frank Haege (born October 11, 1968) is an American football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa. Haege served as the head football coach at Augsburg University in Minneapolis from 2005 to 2019. He was also the head coach for the Quad City Steamwheelers of AF2 from 2000 to 2001 and the New Jersey Gladiators the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2004.
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 his two seasons as head coach of the Steamwheelers, they compiled a 37–1 record and won back to back ArenaCup 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. Haege set an AFL record for best turnaround of an AFL 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 AFL playoffs. The Gladiators went 8–8 and made the playoffs in 2003. They also went 8–8 in 2004.
In March 2024, Haege returned to the indoor game. This time as general manager of the Coralville Chaos of American Indoor Football.[1]
Haege spent four years as an assistant football coach at Bemidji State University from 1992 to 1995, and was the offensive coordinator from 1996 to 1998 at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Haege became head coach of Augsburg in 2005 and remained the head coach through the end of the 2019 season, compiling a record of 57–93. In 2020, Haege became the first recreation director in Tiffin, Iowa.[2]
A native of Virginia, Minnesota, Haege is the son of football coach Art Haege, who is known for his time with the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League.[3] Haege and his wife, Michele, have three sons, Frank Jr., M. J. and A. J.
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| QC | 2000 | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | af2 champions | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| QC | 2001 | 15 | 1 | .938 | af2 champions | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| QC Total | 37 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
| NJ | 2002 | 9 | 5 | .642 | 1st in AFL East | 1 | 1 | .50 | |
| LV | 2003 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3rd in AFL East | 0 | 1 | .0 | |
| LV | 2003 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3rd AFL West | ||||
| NJ/LV Total | 25 | 23 | |||||||