Taylor Hauge is entering his eighth season as a member of the Dakota State cross country and track & field coaching staff and his fifth season as the head sprints/hurdles/pole vault coach.
During Hauge’s time as the head sprints/hurdles/pole vault coach, his athletes have garnered three (3) national runner-ups, eight (8) NAIA individual All-Americans, one (1) All-American relay, 22 individual national meet qualifiers, four (4) relay team national meet qualifiers, 17 North Star Athletic Association individual event champions, 12 NSAA relay event champions, 76 NSAA All-Conference individual athletes, and 14 North Star Athletic Association All-Conference relays.
Since 2021, his athletes have broken 14 school records (men’s 60-meter hurdles, men’s 110-meter hurdles, women’s 100-meter hurdles, women’s indoor 200-meter dash, women’s indoor 400-meter dash, men’s indoor pole vault, men’s outdoor pole vault, men’s heptathlon, men’s decathlon, men’s outdoor 4 x 400 meter relay, men’s outdoor sprint medley relay, women’s outdoor 4 x 200 meter relay, women’s indoor 4 x 400 meter relay, and the women’s outdoor 4 x 400 meter relay) and added 116 marks in the Dakota State “Top 10” list.
Hauge’s athletes have helped Dakota State University win five men’s indoor conference championships as well as five men’s outdoor conference championships. Hauge has also been the assistant cross-country coach for the women’s cross country conference championship in 2019 and five (5) men’s cross country conference championships.
The 2024 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships were quite successful for Hauge and Dakota State. Treshawn Roberts finished 2nd in the heptathlon for the second time in his career with a score of 5,154 points, which earned him NAIA All-America status. Chantz Minear finished 5th in the heptathlon with a score of 4,989 points to earn NAIA All-America status and also was an All-American in the men’ 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.12 seconds, becoming Hauge’s first ever hurdle All-American.
The points scored by Roberts and Minear helped DSU’s men squad place 9th at the NAIA national meet, which is DSU’s highest placing in school history. At the 2024 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Roberts finished as a runner-up in the decathlon with a school record score of 7,172 points for All-America status. His runner-up place finish is the highest finisher in that event in school history.
While competing at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Roberts finished 2nd in the heptathlon with a score of 5,174 points. He became the highest finisher in that event in school history and earning him All-American status.
At the 2022 NAIA Indoor National Championships, Roberts was 7th in the heptathlon with a score of 4,721 points which earned him his first ever All-American status. He would go on to get 6th at the NAIA Outdoor Championships in the decathlon with a score of 6,325 points for his 2nd All-American honor.
During the 2021 indoor track and field season, Qua Johnson finished 7th in the men’s 60-meter dash with a time of 6.95 seconds at the NAIA National Championships, becoming Hauge’s first ever all-American. At the 2021 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Hauge’s men’s 4 x 400-meter relay team of Riley Greenhoff, Joshua Snook, Alex Derr, and Brenner Furlong came in ranked 21st and finished 6th in the nation. The relay team broke a 37-year record by almost three whole seconds with a time of 3:13.54. That relay squad was Hauge’s first All-American relay.
Hauge graduated from Sioux Valley High School in 2012 and continued his education at Dakota State University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer network and security. Hauge ran cross country and track & field at DSU from 2012 to 2017 and was part of the 2014 men’s cross-country team that won the first ever NSAA title for DSU.
Hauge later attained his master’s degree online in coaching and athletic development from West Virginia University in 2022, where he graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors.
Hauge and his fiancé Lyndsay Pruss reside in Madison and have a 2-year-old golden retriever named Henry.
