{{Short description|American football coach and college administrator (1898–1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Paul Staake | image = Paul C Staake.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|12|26}} | birth_place = Dorr, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|4|7|1898|12|26}} | death_place = Babson Park, Massachusetts, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1919 | player_team1 = Kalamazoo | player_positions = Halfback | coach_years1 = 1918 | coach_team1 = Kalamazoo | overall_record = 1–2 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Paul Cory Staake''' (December 26, 1898 – April 7, 1971) was an American football coach and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan for one season, in 1918, compiling a record of 1–2.

Staake also played college football at Kalamazoo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19560815&id=IvBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LHYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7223,5851139|title = St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> He later served as president of Webber College in Babson Park, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19491003&id=R9tOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5429,1552876|title = St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Kalamazoo Baptists | conf = Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | startyear = 1918 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1918 | name = Kalamazoo | overall = 1–2 | conference = 1–1 | confstanding = N/A | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Kalamazoo | overall = 1–2 | confrecord = 1–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 1–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }} <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Paul Staake |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/37313 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 22, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Kalamazoo College Football Year-by-Year |url=https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/2024/7/23/fball-year-by-year.aspx |publisher=Kalamazoo College |access-date=December 22, 2025 }}</ref>

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