| Rocky Hager | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1951 |
| Player Years1: | 197?–197? |
| Player Team1: | Minot State |
| Player Positions: | Offensive lineman |
| Coach Years1: | 1970's |
| Coach Team1: | Sherwood HS (ND) |
| Coach Years2: | 1979 |
| Coach Team2: | North Dakota State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1980 |
| Coach Team3: | Morningside (DL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1981–1984 |
| Coach Team4: | Augustana (SD) (DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1985–1986 |
| Coach Team5: | North Dakota State (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 1987–1996 |
| Coach Team6: | North Dakota State |
| Coach Years7: | 1997–2003 |
| Coach Team7: | Temple (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2004–2009 |
| Coach Team8: | Northeastern |
| Coach Years9: | 2012 |
| Coach Team9: | Bryant (DL) |
| Coach Years10: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team10: | TCNJ (DC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2016 |
| Coach Team11: | TCNJ (interim HC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2017–2021 |
| Coach Team12: | TCNJ (ST/LB) |
| Overall Record: | 113–80–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 12–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 NCAA Division II (1988, 1990) 5 NCC (1988, 1990–1992, 1994) |
| Awards: | 2× Division II National Coach of the Year (1988, 1990) |
Ralph Earl "Rocky" Hager III[1] (born August 29, 1951) is American football coach and former player. Rocky is currently retired from coaching as of the 2021 football season. His final stop on his storied career was an assistant coach at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). He served as the head football coach at North Dakota State University from 1987 to 1996 and at Northeastern University from 2004 until 2009, after which the school dropped their football program.[2] He was also the interim head football coach at TCNJ for the 2016 season. Hager won two NCAA Division II Football Championships at North Dakota State, in 1988 and 1990.
Hager is a native of Harvey, North Dakota and a 1974 graduate of Minot State College. Rocky has three children with his wife Peggy: Tiffanee, Rebecca, and Joshua. Josh has also entered the career of football coaching, winning a JUCO National Championship while the Defensive Coordinator of Garden City Community College in 2016. Hager was hired as the tenth Northeastern Huskies football head coach in 2004.