Josh Hauge

Josh Hauge
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Union
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Record	49–49–8 (.500)
Biographical details
Born	April 10, 1979 (age 45); 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	49–49–8 (.500)

Last updated March 03, 2025

Josh Hauge is an American ice hockey coach and former player who is currently in charge of the program at Union College.^[1]

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.^[2]

Head coaching record

Junior

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
Team	Year	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
2024–25	Union	19–12–3	12–12–2	4th
Union:		49–49–8 (.500)	29–35–6 (.457)
Total:		49–49–8 (.500)
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

References

↑ "Josh Hauge". Union Dutchmen. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
↑ "What Josh Hauge's hiring at Union College could mean for the Dutchmen". New England hockey Journal. April 22, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.

External links

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

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[1] "Josh Hauge". Union Dutchmen. Retrieved September 21, 2022.

[2] "What Josh Hauge's hiring at Union College could mean for the Dutchmen". New England hockey Journal. April 22, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.

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v t e Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey
Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen and Union Dutchmen
Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–2025) Mohawk Harbor Event Center (2025–Future)
Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) Elmer Oliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) Henry L. Achilles (1933–1935) Arthur C. Lawrence (1935–1936, 1939–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1939) Ned Harkness (1975–1977) Bob Driscoll (1978) Charles Morrison (1978–1988) Bruce Delventhal (1988–1996) Stan Moore (1996–1998) Kevin Sneddon (1998–2003) Nate Leaman (2003–2011) Rick Bennett (2011–2022) John Ronan (2022) Josh Hauge (2022–Present)
Seasons	1903–04 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1919–20 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1947–48 1948–49 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1975–1984) ECAC West (1984–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)
Rivalries	RPI Engineers
All-time leaders	Mike Vecchione (176 Points) Gil Egan (83 Goals) Colin Stevens (53 Wins)
National championships	2014
Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2012 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1989 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC West: 1985 ECAC: 2012 2013 2014
Union College Schenectady, NY