Paul Wulff

Paul Wulff
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCal Poly
ConferenceBig Sky
Record6–16
Biographical details
Born (1967-02-25) February 25, 1967 (age 57)
Woodland, California, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1989Washington State
1991Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks
1992New York/New Jersey Knights
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993Eastern Washington (VA)
1994–1997Eastern Washington (OL)
1998–1999Eastern Washington (OC/OL)
2000–2007Eastern Washington
2008–2011Washington State
2012–2013San Francisco 49ers (OA)
2014South Florida (OC/OL)
2015Iowa State (VA)
2016–2018Sacramento State (AHC/RGC/OL)
2019UC Davis (VA)
2020–2022Cal Poly (OL/RGC)
2023–presentCal Poly
Head coaching record
Overall68–96
Tournaments2–3 (I-AA/FCS playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Big Sky (2004, 2005)
Awards
3× Big Sky Coach of the Year
(2001, 2004, 2005)

1x All Pac-10 Second Team (1989 OL)

1x Sporting News All-America honorable mention (1989)

Paul Louis Wulff (born February 25, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. In December 2022, he was appointed head coach at California Polytechnic State University. Wulff previously served as the head coach at Eastern Washington University from 2000 to 2007 and at Washington State University from 2008 to 2011. As a student-athlete, he played on the offensive line at Washington State during the late 1980s, earning honorable mention All-American honors following his senior season in 1989.[1]

Since his exodus from Eastern Washington in December 2007, Sacramento State in 2017 is the only college football team Paul Wulff has been a part of that finished a season with a winning record.[2]

Early life and playing career

Born in Woodland, California, Wulff graduated from Davis Senior High School in Davis in 1985. Following his senior year, Wulff was selected to the Optimist All-Star Football Game held in Hughes Stadium.[3] He accepted a scholarship from head coach Jim Walden to attend Washington State University in Pullman, and redshirted his first year in 1985.[4] Wulff started four games at guard for the Cougars as a redshirt freshman in 1986. Later a center, he was a starter on the offensive line from 1986 to 1989 under three different head coaches: Walden, Dennis Erickson, and Mike Price.

During his junior year in 1988, the Cougars were led by Erickson and quarterback Timm Rosenbach, and scored an upset over top-ranked UCLA on the road, the first of five consecutive wins to close out the season. WSU tied for third in the Pac-10, and won the Apple Cup and the Aloha Bowl. It was Washington State's first bowl game in seven years and their first post-season victory in 63 years, since the Rose Bowl in January 1916.[5] WSU finished at 9–3 and sixteenth in both major polls.[6]

In his senior year under Price, the Cougars won six of their first seven games and were ranked fifteenth in mid-October.[7][8] After two close losses,[9] Wulff had an emergency appendectomy on Halloween and missed the final two games,[10][11] both defeats, and WSU finished at 6–5 with no bowl.[12] Still, Wulff was selected for All-Pac-10 Second Team status and Sporting News All-America honorable mention in 1989.[13][14]

Following graduation in 1990, Wulff signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), but was released during the 1990 preseason.[15][16] During the spring of 1991, he played for the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks in the newly created World League of American Football (WLAF). The team went winless (0–10) in its inaugural season and was folded. Wulff continued to play for another season in the league with the New York/New Jersey Knights, before ending his active career.

Coaching career

Eastern Washington

Wulff began his coaching career in 1993 as a volunteer assistant under head coach Dick Zornes at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Zornes retired after that season and assistant coach Mike Kramer was promoted to head coach, who hired Wulff to a full-time position.[4][17] After four seasons as the Eagles' offensive line and strength coach, Wulff added offensive coordinator duties in 1998. When Kramer departed for conference rival Montana State after the 1999 season, the school named Wulff his successor.[18] During his eight seasons as EWU's head coach, Wulff compiled an overall record of 53 wins and 40 losses; the Eagles won two Big Sky Conference co-championships (2004 and 2005) and appeared three times in the Division I-AA (FCS) playoffs. Wulff earned Big Sky Coach of the Year honors in 2001, 2004, and 2005.[19]

Washington State

Wulff returned to his alma mater after the 2007 season when he was named the 31st head football coach at Washington State on December 10.[1] He was the second alumnus to head the Cougar football program, after Phil Sarboe in the late 1940s.[1] After compiling a 9–40 record during four losing seasons at WSU, Wulff was fired on November 29, 2011,[20] and left with the lowest winning percentage (.184) in school history.[21] His teams only won four games in Pacific-10 Conference play, including a winless 0–9 conference mark in 2009—part of an overall record of 1–11, the worst in the school's modern football history. The next three head coaches Washington State hired were Mike Leach, Nick Rolovich, and Jake Dickert, who would all go on to have at least one winning season while coaching the Cougars.[22] On February 19, 2024, All Coug'd Up (a Washington State news and opinion site sponsored by the FanSided Network) published an article titled "The 3 worst head coach hires in Washington State football history"; Paul Wulff ranked the worst.[23] The article opened up with an opening statement, "A former Cougar himself, Paul Wulff is among the worst coaches in collegiate football history, much less in the Washington State record books."[24]

San Francisco 49ers

In May 2012, Wulff joined former Pac-10 foe Jim Harbaugh as an offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, with multiple duties on that side of the ball.

South Florida

In January 2014, he was hired as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of South Florida in Tampa.[25]

Sacramento State

In February 2016 he was hired as the Sacramento State assistant head coach/offensive line coach.[26]

Cal Poly

Following almost three years as an offensive line assistant for the Mustangs, Wulff was named head coach at Cal Poly in December 2022 by Athletic Director, Don Oberhelman.[27] Cal Poly's first season under Wulff saw no improvement from the previous season in the win-loss column in conference play. Cal Poly's lone conference win came in a one score victory over a winless Northern Colorado team.[28] Cal Poly's two nonconference victories came against a San Diego team which does not award athletic scholarships to football players, and against a non NCAA or NAIA Lincoln team which has been likened to "the college Bishop Sycamore".[29] Cal Poly finished the 2023 season with the 11th (out of 12 teams) ranked scoring offense in the Big Sky Conference with 20.55 points per game.[30]

Cal Poly's second year under Wulff did not see any improvement from Wulff's first year in the overall win-loss column.[31] One of Cal Poly's wins in 2024 came against a Division II Western Oregon Wolves team that finished their 2024 season one game above .500.[32] Cal Poly's two other wins in 2024 came against conference foes Northern Colorado and Sacramento State that finished their 2024 seasons with a combined record of 2-14 in conference play.[33] Cal Poly finished the 2024 season with the 11th (out of 12 teams) ranked scoring offense in the Big Sky Conference with 20.73 points per game.[34]

Wulff has a record of 1–3 versus in-state rivals UC Davis and Sacramento State as Cal Poly's Head Coach.[35]

Personal life

As a youth, Wulff's mother went missing.[4][36] Although her body was discovered in 1979, 48 days after her disappearance, it was not correctly identified until 2020.[37] The youngest of four children, he went to live with relatives, first with an uncle, then with his oldest brother.[4][38]

Wulff met his first wife Tammy Allen at WSU and they married in 1993. Diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in early 1997, she battled for over five years,[39][40] but succumbed in March 2002.[41] Wulff and his second wife Sherry have three children.[4][36]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Eastern Washington Eagles (Big Sky Conference) (2000–2007)
2000 Eastern Washington 6–5 5–2 5th
2001 Eastern Washington 7–4 3–4 5th
2002 Eastern Washington 6–5 3–4 4th
2003 Eastern Washington 6–5 3–4 6th
2004 Eastern Washington 9–4 6–1 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
2005 Eastern Washington 7–5 5–2 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
2006 Eastern Washington 3–8 2–5 T–6th
2007 Eastern Washington 9–4 5–2 2nd L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
Eastern Washington: 53–40 32–24
Washington State Cougars (Pacific-10/Pac-12 Conference) (2008–2011)
2008 Washington State 2–11 1–8 9th
2009 Washington State 1–11 0–9 10th
2010 Washington State 2–10 1–8 10th
2011 Washington State 4–8 2–7 6th (North)
Washington State: 9–40 4–32
Cal Poly Mustangs (Big Sky Conference) (2023–present)
2023 Cal Poly 3–8 1–7 11th
2024 Cal Poly 3–8 2–6 10th
Cal Poly: 6–16 3–13
Total: 68–96
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ^ a b c Grippi, Vince (December 11, 2007). "WSU picks Wulff". Spokesman-Review. p. A1.
  2. ^ "2017 Football Schedule". Sacramento State. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Four Top Backs Selected for Optimists All-Star Team". Sacramento Bee. February 24, 1985. pp. C04.
  4. ^ a b c d e Fox, Tom (December 4, 2004). "East of everywhere". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. p. 1B.
  5. ^ Bergum, Steve (December 26, 1988). "WSU wins Aloha Brawl". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  6. ^ "Irish are No.1; WSU ranks 16th". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. January 4, 1989. p. C1.
  7. ^ Bergum, Steve (October 15, 1989). "Cougs cruise behind Bruiser". Spokesman-Review. p. D1.
  8. ^ "AP top 25". Idahonian. Moscow, Idaho. Associated Press. October 31, 1989. p. 10A.
  9. ^ Meehan, Jim (October 30, 1989). "WSU 'D' torched by Sun Devils". Idahonian. Moscow, Idaho. p. 1B.
  10. ^ "Wulff is out". Spokane Chronicle. October 31, 1989. p. B2.
  11. ^ "Wulff lost for year after emergency surgery". Idahonian. Moscow, Idaho. October 31, 1989. p. 7A.
  12. ^ Meehan, Jim (November 20, 1989). "Huskies sack WSU's bowl, season". Idahonian. Moscow, Idaho. p. 1B.
  13. ^ "Football: All-Pacific 10 Conference". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. November 22, 1989. pp. B5.
  14. ^ Davidson, Joe (December 29, 1994). "Coaching Bug Bites Ex-Davis Standout". Sacramento Bee. pp. N12.
  15. ^ Harvin, Al (May 11, 1990). "Jets Sign Rookie Center". New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  16. ^ Harvin, Al (August 22, 1990). "Jets Report No Progress With 3 Unsigned Players". New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  17. ^ Trimmer, Dave (January 18, 2005). "Wulff gets new 5-year contract". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  18. ^ Blanchette, John (December 9, 1999). "People's choice prevails". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  19. ^ Trimmer, Dave (November 23, 2005). "Eastern's Wulff shares Big Sky award with Kramer". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
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  21. ^ "Football media guide" (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. 2010. p. 142. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  22. ^ "Washington State Cougars College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
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  26. ^ Paterson, Bill (February 22, 2016). "Sacramento State hires Paul Wulff as assistant head football coach". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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