Doug Hozeska was born to Frank and Mary Ellen Hozeska on February 6, 1963. His father played basketball at Marquette University and his mother ran her own floral business. In high school, Doug played football and basketball and ran track. As college approached, he turned his love for sports into a coaching career at Burlington High School and for little league baseball. As well as working as a coach, Doug also obtained a degree in education at UW-Whitewater. Today he continues to coach for his kids and others in the community, as well as run his self-founded painting company: T. Larue Painting Co.