Here are thumbnail pictures from "back in the day" and team pictures of Coach Art Haege from when he was a head high school coach. These pictures are from Coach Haege's scrapbook. Coach Haege will be greatly missed, but always remembered by many.
Coach Art Haege and his 1968 Two Rivers Wisconsin team. Record: 8 and 0.
Art Haege, Traverse City St. Francis in Traverse City Michigan,1970.
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Coach Art Haege and Barry Pierson from St. Ignace Michigan in the summer of 1972 after a semi-pro all-star game.
Art Haege on the far left and his 1973 Virginia Minnesota team. The only game they lost all season was to the 1973 state champ Eveleth Golden Bears. This is Virginia Minnesota's greatest team. Record: 8 and 1.
Art Haege on the far right and his 1974 Virginia Minnesota team. I am in the blue jacket standing next to Coach Haege when I was 7 years old, and my brother Frank Haege, 6 years old, is in the red jacket standing below Coach Haege. Record: 8 and 1.
Art Haege on the far left and his 1983 Wisconsin Rapids Assumption team. I am in the top row wearing #1. I was a sophomore and back up QB on the varsity. Record: 6 and 3 and the schools first playoff game in 10 years.
Art Haege on the far left and his 1971 Virginia Minnesota team. This was Coach Haege's first season at Virginia. Virginia had won only 2 games in the previous 3 seasons prior to Coach Haege's arrival in 1971. Record: 4- 4 and 1. Coach Haege's 1972 Virgina team had a record of 6 and 3.
Article from 1971 in Virginia Minnesota
Art Haege on the far right and his 1970 Traverse City St. Francis team in Traverse City Michigan. Record: 6- 2 and 1.
Art Haege and his 1968 Two Rivers Wisconsin team. This is Two River's greatest team. Record: 8 and 0. Coach Haege's 1967 Two Rivers team finished the season 6-1 and 1. Two Rivers had not won more then 2 games per season in the previous 10 years prior to Coach Haege's arrival in 1967.
Coach Haege and his 1968 Two Rivers Wisconsin Team celebrating in the pool after they finished the season 8 and 0 and ranked #4 in the state of Wisconsin.
Art Haege when he played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL in 1963.
Art Haege back in his prime in the early 1960's.
Art Haege when he coached the semi-pro Sheboygan Redwings football team in Sheboygan Wisconsin in the summer of 1967.
Coach Art Haege when he was the head coach at Manistee High School in Manistee Michigan in 1965. Record: 5 and 3.
Coach Art Haege on the top when he was the secondary coach and graduate assistant at Northern Michigan University in 1966 with Carl Reese, Jerry Glanville, and head coach Rollie Dostch. Record: 7-2 and 1.
Here is Art Haege on his wedding day to my Mom in 1965 in St. Ignace Michigan, My Mom Carol (Ahlich) Haege is in the middle and my Aunt Mary Ann (Haege) Riley is on the left. St. Ignace was Coach Haege's first head high school coaching job in 1964. Record: 6 and 2, and 6 and 0 in the conference and conference champs.
