Brohm Adds Mark Hagen to Coaching Staff
1/17/2021 10:10:00 AM | Football
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue head football coach Jeff Brohm announced that Mark Hagen has been added to his staff as the defensive line coach. Hagen previously worked at Purdue from 2000 to 2010 in a number of different capacities under head coaches Joe Tiller and Danny Hope.
"We're very excited to bring Mark back to Purdue," Brohm said. "He has a ton of experience in the Big Ten and knows the state of Indiana and the Midwest extremely well. Our fans and alumni are very familiar with him and we think he is a great fit for what we are trying to accomplish."
In Hagen's previous stint at Purdue, the Boilermakers appeared in seven bowl games, including the 2001 Rose Bowl the 2004 Capital One Bowl. During his former time in West Lafayette, Purdue's defense saw 18 members selected in the National Football League Draft over the years – including first-round picks Ryan Kerrigan (2011) and Anthony Spencer (2007), second-round selections Kawann Short (2013), Mike Neal (2010) and Bernard Pollard (2006) and third-round draftees Alex Magee (2009), Cliff Avril (2008), Stuart Schweigert (2004), Gilbert Gardner (2004) and Landon Johnson (2004).
A veteran of 29 years of coaching experience, Hagen has spent over 20 seasons in the Big Ten Conference alone.
Hagen rejoins the Boilermakers after spending the 2020 season at Texas where he served as associate head coach for the defense and defensive line coach.
Prior to Texas, Hagen coached as his alma mater, Indiana, for four seasons (2015-18), most recently as the Hoosiers' co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. It was his third professional stint in Bloomington, having served as an assistant for two seasons (2011-12) and getting his collegiate coaching career start there as a graduate assistant and administrative assistant (1992-95).
Hagen also spent three years (2013-15) at Texas A&M, working for two seasons with Aggies' linebackers and the final year with the defensive tackles. His first full-time coach job was at Northern Illinois from 1996-99.
A native of Carmel, Ind., Hagen was a four-year letterwinner (1987, 1989-91), two-time second-team All-Big Ten selection, three-time Academic All-Big Ten winner, 1992 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient and a captain at linebacker.
He led the team in tackles three-straight years from 1989-91, and he was the team's Balfour Award recipient in 1991 for bringing distinction and honor to the university. He is tied for fifth in Hoosiers history with 336 career tackles. Hagen played in four bowl games, including the 1991 Copper Bowl, where he was named the bowl's Most Valuable Defensive Player. He graduated from Indiana with a bachelor's in marketing in 1991 and earned an master's in sport marketing and management in 1995.
Hagen and his wife, Denise, have four daughters – Abby, Emma, Ellie and Ava.
"We're very excited to bring Mark back to Purdue," Brohm said. "He has a ton of experience in the Big Ten and knows the state of Indiana and the Midwest extremely well. Our fans and alumni are very familiar with him and we think he is a great fit for what we are trying to accomplish."
In Hagen's previous stint at Purdue, the Boilermakers appeared in seven bowl games, including the 2001 Rose Bowl the 2004 Capital One Bowl. During his former time in West Lafayette, Purdue's defense saw 18 members selected in the National Football League Draft over the years – including first-round picks Ryan Kerrigan (2011) and Anthony Spencer (2007), second-round selections Kawann Short (2013), Mike Neal (2010) and Bernard Pollard (2006) and third-round draftees Alex Magee (2009), Cliff Avril (2008), Stuart Schweigert (2004), Gilbert Gardner (2004) and Landon Johnson (2004).
A veteran of 29 years of coaching experience, Hagen has spent over 20 seasons in the Big Ten Conference alone.
Hagen rejoins the Boilermakers after spending the 2020 season at Texas where he served as associate head coach for the defense and defensive line coach.
Prior to Texas, Hagen coached as his alma mater, Indiana, for four seasons (2015-18), most recently as the Hoosiers' co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. It was his third professional stint in Bloomington, having served as an assistant for two seasons (2011-12) and getting his collegiate coaching career start there as a graduate assistant and administrative assistant (1992-95).
Hagen also spent three years (2013-15) at Texas A&M, working for two seasons with Aggies' linebackers and the final year with the defensive tackles. His first full-time coach job was at Northern Illinois from 1996-99.
A native of Carmel, Ind., Hagen was a four-year letterwinner (1987, 1989-91), two-time second-team All-Big Ten selection, three-time Academic All-Big Ten winner, 1992 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient and a captain at linebacker.
He led the team in tackles three-straight years from 1989-91, and he was the team's Balfour Award recipient in 1991 for bringing distinction and honor to the university. He is tied for fifth in Hoosiers history with 336 career tackles. Hagen played in four bowl games, including the 1991 Copper Bowl, where he was named the bowl's Most Valuable Defensive Player. He graduated from Indiana with a bachelor's in marketing in 1991 and earned an master's in sport marketing and management in 1995.
Hagen and his wife, Denise, have four daughters – Abby, Emma, Ellie and Ava.
