Paul Shupe

{{short description|American football coach, athletics administrator (1932–2007)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Paul Shupe | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|5|31}} | birth_place = Lacona, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|8|17|1932|5|31}} | death_place = Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1951–1952 | player_team2 = Iowa State | player_years3 = 1956 | player_team3 = Iowa State | player_positions = Halfback | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1967–1989 | coach_team2 = Iowa Central | admin_years1 = ?–1990 | admin_team1 = Iowa Central | overall_record = 155–62–4 (junior college football) | bowl_record = 3–7–1 (junior college) | tournament_record = | championships = 1 NJCAA National (1978)<br>1 Tri-State Junior (1967)<br>8 Iowa Juco (1969, 1972–1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985–1986) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Paul Ray Shupe''' (May 31, 1932 – August 17, 2007) was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa from 1967 to 1989, compiling a 155–62–4 in 23 seasons. Shupe led his 1978 Iowa Central team to a NJCAA National Football Championship.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Shupe quits at I. Central |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/globe-gazette/192923254/ |newspaper=Globe-Gazette |location=Mason City, Iowa |date=January 11, 1990 |page=B13 |access-date=March 8, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>

Shupe attended Chariton High School in Chariton, Iowa before going to Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Iowa State University. After playing as a halfback for the Iowa State Cyclones football team in 1951 and 1952, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps. Shupe returned to Iowa State in 1956.<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Maury |title=Cyclones in Business With Two Ex-G.I.'s |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/192963085/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=September 9, 1956 |page=13F |access-date=March 8, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>

Before going to Iowa Central in 1967, Shupe coached the sophomore football team at Webster City High School in Webster City, Iowa and basketball at Webster City Junior College.<ref>{{cite news |last=Van Heel |first=Jim |title=Looking it over |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/globe-gazette/192922652/ |newspaper=Globe-Gazette |location=Mason City, Iowa |date=January 18, 1967 |page=18 |access-date=March 8, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> He died on August 17, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hardcastle |first=Kirk |title=Kirk's Corner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/globe-gazette/192922652/ |newspaper=Globe Gazette |location=Mason City, Iowa |date=August 23, 2007 |page=B1 |access-date=March 8, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record== ===Junior college football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Iowa Central Panthers | conf = Tri-State Junior College Conference | startyear = 1967 | endyear = 1968 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1967 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 7–1 | conference = 6–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1968 | name = Iowa Central | overall = | conference = 3–2 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Iowa Central Panthers | conf = Iowa Junior College Conference | startyear = 1969 | endyear = 1973 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1969 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 8–1–1 | conference = 4–0–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Wool Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1970 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = 3–1–1 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1971 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 4–5 | conference = 3–3 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1972 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 8–0–2 | conference = 6–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Mid-America Bowl | bowloutcome = T | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1973 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 9–1 | conference = 5–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = El Toro Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Iowa Central Panthers | conf = Independent | startyear = 1974 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1974 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 8–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Iowa Central Panthers/Tritons | conf = Iowa Junior College Conference | startyear = 1975 | endyear = 1989 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1975 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 4–5 | conference = 4–3 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1976 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 6–3 | conference = 5–3 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1977 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 4–6 | conference = 4–5 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | year = 1978 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 10–1 | conference = 8–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Coca-Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1979 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 8–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1980 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 9–1 | conference = 7–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Coca-Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1981 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 4–5 | conference = 3–3 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1982 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 7–3 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = RC Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1983 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 7–2 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1984 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 8–2 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = Like Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1985 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 9–1 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Like Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1986 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 9–2 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = RC Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1987 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 3–4 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1988 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 5–4 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = RC Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1989 | name = Iowa Central | overall = 6–5 | conference = 3–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = RC Cola Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Iowa Central | overall = 155–62–4 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 155–62–4 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }} <ref>{{cite web |author= |title=NJCAA Football Record Book 2023 |url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/h/x/031782a5l0d3pm/NJCAA_Football_Record_Book_-_Updated_March_2024.pdf |publisher=National Junior College Athletic Association |access-date=March 8, 2026 }}</ref>

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