Michael Hagan

Michael Hagan

Personal information
Born	(1964-08-12) 12 August 1964 (age 52)
Playing information
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Position	Five-eighth, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1984–88 Canterbury-Bankstown 72 9 0 0 36 1989–93 Newcastle Knights 111 16 0 3 67 Total 183 25 0 3 103 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–89 Queensland 5 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2001–06 Newcastle Knights 154 83 1 70 54 2007–08 Parramatta Eels 51 26 0 25 51 Total 205 109 1 95 53 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2004–05 Queensland 6 2 0 4 33
Source: Rugby League Project

Michael Hagan (born 12 August 1964) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He currently works as the director of football at the Newcastle Knights and as an assistant coach under Mal Meninga for the record-breaking Queensland rugby league team. A Queensland State of Origin representative half, he played his club football in Australia with Canterbury-Bankstown (with whom he won the 1988 and 1985 premierships) and Newcastle (whom he captained), as well as in England with Halifax. He went on to have a successful coaching career with Newcastle (winning the premiership with them in 2001) and Parramatta, and was also selected to coach the Queensland Maroons for two State of Origin series before becoming Meninga's assistant coach. Hagan was inducted into the Newcastle Knights Hall of Fame in April, 2012.

The younger brother of former Test centre Bob Hagan, Hagan was graded with Canterbury in 1983. Although best suited to play at five-eighth or halfback, the presence of Terry Lamb and Steve Mortimer forced Hagan to play much of his career with Canterbury as a "fill in" at fullback or lock forward. Hagan played a role filling in for Lamb in Canterbury's upset win in the 1985 grand final.