Greg Haga, after  winning a state championship for Gold Beach High School in 1980, turned his talents to Southern Oregon University.  His efforts ended with three All-American honors for the Red Raiders, including a 1985 NAIA national championship.  He was inducted into the SOU athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.  After a year as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Haga became an assistant at Crater High School for another Hall of Fame coach, Dan Speasl.  In 1989 he took over the head coach role for the Comets.  As of 2023, he continues in that capacity.

In the following 35 years, Haga would lead Crater to nine state team titles, 18 District championships and produce 29 individual state champions.  He has been named Oregon Coach of the Year seven times.  Haga is from Central Point with his wife Valarie.