Augsburg baseball head coach Douge Schildgen resigns

MINNEAPOLIS (8/21/03) -- Augsburg College baseball head coach Douge Schildgen resigned on Thursday after coaching the 2003 season with the Auggies, men's athletic director Paul Grauer announced.

Schildgen resigned to accept a new job opportunity, Grauer noted. A search for a replacement for Schildgen at Augsburg is underway.

"The baseball program is better today because of the leadership of Douge Schildgen," Grauer said. "We very much appreciate the quality job he did as an Augsburg coach."

Schildgen, a 1990 Augsburg graduate, coached the Auggies to a 9-24-2 overall record and 4-16 mark in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play in 2003. He was hired to the Augsburg position last July, after coaching at North Hennepin Community College for four seasons. He also was a baseball coach at his high school alma mater, DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis, for five seasons (1993-98). He also served as an assistant coach at Augsburg from 1990-93.

As a player, Schildgen spent his first two seasons at North Hennepin before completing his career at Augsburg. As a second baseman and outfielder for the Auggies, Schildgen hit .261 (42-of-161) with 28 RBI, 20 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple, three homers and six stolen bases in his two seasons. His senior season, he hit .287 with 25 hits, nine doubles and a .402 on-base percentage.

Schildgen received his associate degree from North Hennepin in 1987 and his bachelor's degree from Augsburg in 1990, majoring in physical education and minoring in health education. He received his master's of education degree from the University of Minnesota in 2000.

He has taught physical education at various levels in the Minneapolis and Plymouth school districts in his career. Most recently, he was a physical education instructor and manager of the fitness center at North Hennepin.