Josh Hauge

Josh Hauge

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Union
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Record	30–37–5 (.451)
Biographical details
Born	(1979-04-10) April 10, 1979 Apple Valley, MN, US
Alma mater	Bethel University
Playing career
1999–2002	Bethel
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2003	Twin Cities Northern Lights
2003–2005	Dubuque Thunderbirds
2005–2008	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (asst.)
2008–2011	Fairbanks Ice Dogs
2011	Tri-City Storm (asst.)
2011–2013	Tri-City Storm
2014–2015	Fargo Force (asst.)
2015–2022	Clarkson (asst.)
2022–present	Union
Head coaching record
Overall	30–37–5 (.451)

Josh Hauge is an American ice hockey coach and former player who is currently in charge of the program at Union.

Career

Hauge played college hockey for Bethel around the turn of the century. He appeared in 76 games for the Royals over three seasons. After graduating in 2002, Hauge ended his playing career and turned to coaching, serving as the head coach for two teams in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, a Tier III outfit. In 2005 he moved up to Tier II junior hockey as an assistant for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. Three years later he was promoted to head coach and led his team on several deep playoff runs. After finishing as the runners-up in 2010, Hauge led the Ice Dogs to the championship in 2011.

With a league title in his back pocket, Hauge was again on the move, this time up to the Tier I level. He began the 2012 season as an assistant for the Tri-City Storm but, after a 6–15 start, he was installed as the interim head coach. The team finished with a winning record under Hauge and managed to make the postseason. The next year, now as the Storms' full-time coach, Hauge was unable to get a repeat performance out of his team and they finished with the worst record in their conference. While he was brought back for a third season, Tri-City started 4–9–2 and he was relieved of his duties.

Hauge remained in the USHL for another year as an assistant before making the jump to the college ranks. He joined Casey Jones' staff at Clarkson and help the program improve steadily over several seasons. In 2019, the Golden Knights won the ECAC tournament for the first time in 12 years and, partly as a result, Hauge was promoted to associate head coach. COVID-19 severely impacted the team over the next two seasons but Clarkson remained one of the top programs in their conference. In 2022, Union began a search for a head coach to replace the departed Rick Bennett, who had resigned under a cloud. The athletic department brought Hauge in as the program's 22nd head coach.

Head coaching record

Junior

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
		Games	Won	Lost	OTL	Points	Finish	Games	Won	Lost	Result
Fairbanks Ice Dogs	2008–09	58	38	12	8	86	1st in West	7	4	3	Lost in Round 2
Fairbanks Ice Dogs	2009–10	58	32	22	4	86	3rd in West	10	5	5	Lost Finals
Fairbanks Ice Dogs	2010–11	58	40	15	3	83	1st in West	10	9	1	Won Robertson Cup
Tri-City Storm †	2011–12	39	20	18	1	103	6th in Western	2	0	2	Lost in Round 1
Tri-City Storm	2012–13	64	22	35	7	51	8th in Western	—	—	—	—
Tri-City Storm ‡	2013–14	15	4	9	2	10	—	—	—	—	—
NAHL Totals		174	110	49	15	—	—	27	18	9	—
USHL Totals		118	46	62	10	—	—	2	0	2	—

† Mid-season replacement
‡ Replaced mid-season

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Union Dutchmen (ECAC Hockey) (2022–2023)
2022–23	Union	14–19–2	8–13–1	T–7th	ECAC First Round
Union Garnet Chargers (ECAC Hockey) (2023–present)
2023–24	Union	16–18–3	9–10–3	5th	ECAC Quarterfinals
Union:		30–37–5 (.451)	17–23–4 (.432)
Total:		30–37–5 (.451)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Union Garnet Chargers bio
• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database