Haege returned to Cornell's football staff in 2026 as a defensive assistant. He's also head coach of Cornell's inaugural women's flag football program in 2026-27.
Haege, a 1992 graduate of UW-Stout, carries four decades of football coaching experience, including 15 years as head coach at Augsburg University from 2005-19.
A native of Virginia, Minn., Haege has built successful football programs at all levels. He was the first head coach of the Quad City Steamwheelers, leading the team to back-to-back Arena Football League championships in 2000 and 2001. The Steamwheelers fashioned a near-perfect 37-1 record in Haege’s two seasons at the helm.
In 2021, Haege co-founded the Supreme League Flag Football, based in Tiffin, Iowa, that currently holds 34 teams. Additionally, in 2025 Haege started the Supreme Girls Flag Football League which has grown to 50-plus participants.
Haege was named head coach of the New Jersey (later named Las Vegas) Gladiators in 2002, inheriting a 2-12 team and leading it to the second round of the AFL playoffs. He coached three seasons for the Gladiators, which included another playoff appearance.
In 15 seasons heading Augsburg’s program, Haege produced 65 all-conference players, 18 all-region performers and seven all-Americans.
Haege held previous assistant coaching roles at Bemidji State (1992-95), Augsburg (1996-98) Solon High School (2021-22, 2024-25) and Cornell (2023). While in the AFL, he also assisted the Milwaukee Mustangs (1994), Minnesota Fighting Pike (1996) and the New Jersey Red Dogs (1997-99).
