Inge played football at the University of Iowa from 1993 to 1996, and has served in various assistant coach roles at the college and professional level for over twenty years.

Further adversity came during his senior year, when his father died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 48.

[3] Inge began his coaching career in 1998 as a graduate assistant and recruiting coordinator at Iowa.

Inge held the job for a single season before departing to join Kevin Wilson's staff at the Indiana University as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

Following that season, DeBoer returned to Fresno State as its new head coach and took Inge with him as defensive coordinator.