Coaching Staff

Coach Hagkull has been the Varsity Head Coach of the Upper Arlington hockey program since the 2023-24 season. He has been the skills coach for the UA Ice Bears since 2021-22. In the 2024-25 season, Coach Hagkull led the Golden Bears to their first ever Ice Hockey OHSAA State Championship.

Originally from Saint Paul, MN, he played high school hockey before moving on to play two seasons of Junior A for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL where he was fortunate to win a national championship his final year. After juniors, he was a four year letter winner for the University of Notre Dame where he graduated with a degree in marketing. Upon graduating he returned to Desmoine's where he worked for two years as an assistant coach for the Buccaneers. Craig brings a wealth of knowledge to our program and had extensive success coaching and all levels of youth hockey, including the US select 16 festival.



Craig works as a Regional Managing Director in group benefits for Principal Financial Group. He lives in Upper Arlington with his wife Molly and sons, Brady and Connor.

Coach Hoogeveen is looking forward to a successful seventh season with the Golden Bears. He grew up in the east end of Toronto, Ontario, where he played high school and junior hockey. Coach Hoogeveen played varsity hockey at BGSU in its inaugural three years, and earned a bachelor’s in political science and geography. He went on to obtain a master’s in city and regional planning at OSU.

For the past 20 years, Coach Hoogeveen has coached hockey at the youth level in Columbus as well as worked with adults and children teaching the basics of the game at the OSU Ice Rink. In addition, he has coached high school hockey at Gahanna and Olentangy Liberty, taking Liberty to three district championships and four conference titles.



 Jack is retired from The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency where he worked for 33 years and resides in Westerville.

Mac grew up in Perrysburg, OH and attended the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He began playing hockey when he was 8 years old and started coaching when his children were involved in youth hockey. He and his wife, Arien, have three children that graduated from Upper Arlington in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

Mac is the President of Corporate Housing Systems in Dublin, OH.

Coach Stone is from Upper Arlington, Ohio and a former Upper Arlington High School graduate and a UA hockey and lacross player.

Tanner has been coaching with the Upper Arlington Ice Hockey Program since the 2024-25 season.

Outside of coaching, Tanner is a Circularity Manager for Salus Technology Partners.

In the 2025-2026 UA Hockey season, Connor Liden joins us in his debut year as the Junior Varsity (JV) head coach. This year marks Connor's seventh year overall coaching. Most recently with the CAHA program, Connor coached the Columbus Capitals for the past four years.

Born and raised in Columbus, Connor started playing hockey at EYHA before joining CAHA. He played for OBJ AAA from U10 through U16 and participated in various Junior programs from Boston to Rochester. After his junior career, he attended Miami University in Oxford, where he studied genetics.

In addition to his coaching duties, Connor works in the medical field and enjoys training and competing with bird dogs and horses. He has achieved multiple national championships with his horses and dogs, and on off weekends, he can be found in the field hunting for fun. He has also been known to transport exotic animals, ranging from giraffes to zebras.

Connor's coaching philosophy centers around building a sense of responsibility and empowerment in each player. We want to welcome Connor to the Upper Arlington Hockey family!

Assistant Coach Stephen Stern is returning for his 11th season with the Golden Bear’s hockey program since 2014-15 season. He served as a volunteer coach during his first two seasons with Upper Arlington Varsity and has been with the Junior Varsity for the last 9 seasons. Coach Stern has coached hockey in central Ohio for several years in various capacities, as well as officiating youth hockey, high school, college and adult games since 2013. He currently serves as the Director of Education of 614 Ice Refs in Central Ohio.

Coach Stern is a member of the Upper Arlington High School Chemistry Department and has taught in Upper Arlington for the past 28 years. He is in the 35th and final year of his teaching career as he has plans to retire from teaching after this school year.

Coach Stern is a proud graduate of the University of California, Irvine.

Coach Rose is from Powell, Ohio and a 2018 graduate from Olentangy Liberty High School where he played baseball and hockey. He began playing hockey at age 5 and has played goalie since he was 8 years old. Coach Rose has worked at UAHS in various roles the last four years and has coached baseball for the last five years. He recently completed a degree in Special Education in the Spring of 2024.