A product of Hawick High School, Hogg played for Hawick Wanderers and Hawick Linden before moving to play for Hawick.
Hogg moved to Edinburgh University to study; and he then played for Boroughmuir.
In 1976, he was part of the Boroughmuir side that won the Melrose Sevens.[2]
He played for Edinburgh District.
His was capped twice by Scotland in 1978.[3]
He coached Borughmuir and then Edinburgh District. When the side turned professional in 1996 he then coached Edinburgh Rugby. He then moved on to coach the combined Scottish Districts side and the Scotland Students side and then Scotland 'A'. He coached Scotland 'A' to the 1998 Grand Slam.[4]
He then moved to coach Currie. He coached Currie to win the Scottish Premiership in 2006-07 and in 2009–10 seasons.[2] Hogg had arrived at the club when they were in Division 4.[5]
For a short while he was a Director of Currie.[6]
He later became chairman of the club.[5]