:Paul Pawlak

{{Short description|American football coach}}

{{about||the member of the Connecticut House of Representatives|Paul Pawlak Sr.}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|7|25}}

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| coach_years1 = 1963

| coach_team1 = Springfield (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1964

| coach_team2 = Washington & Jefferson (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1965

| coach_team3 = Citadel (DL)

| coach_years4 = 1966–1973

| coach_team4 = Cornell (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1974–1977

| coach_team5 = Tufts

| coach_years6 = 1978–1980

| coach_team6 = UMass (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 1981–1990

| coach_team7 = Northeastern

| coach_years8 = 1991

| coach_team8 = Montreal Machine (RB/TE)

| overall_record = 49–85–1

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Paul Pawlak Jr. (born July 25, 1940) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Tufts University from 1974 to 1977 and at Northeastern University from 1981 to 1990, compiling a career college football record of 49–85–1.{{cite news |author= |title=Pawlak appointed Tufts Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23745677/stargazette/ |newspaper=Star-Gazette |location=Elmira, New York |agency=Associated Press |date=April 17, 1974 |page=17 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He is Ukrainian and Slavic.

Head coaching record

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| name = Tufts Jumbos

| conf = New England Small College Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1974

| endyear = 1977

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| year = 1974

| name = Tufts

| overall = 3–5

| conference = 2–3

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| year = 1975

| name = Tufts

| overall = 2–6

| conference = 2–4

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| year = 1976

| name = Tufts

| overall = 6–2

| conference = 5–2

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| year = 1977

| name = Tufts

| overall = 3–5

| conference = 3–4

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| name = Tufts

| overall = 14–18

| confrecord = 12–13

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| name = Northeastern Huskies

| conf = NCAA Division I-AA independent

| startyear = 1981

| endyear = 1990

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 3–7

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 3–6

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 6–4–1

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 3–7

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 2–8

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| year = 1986

| name = Northeastern

| overall = 4–6

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| name = Northeastern

| overall = 6–5

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| year = 1988

| name = Northeastern

| overall = 4–7

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| year = 1989

| name = Northeastern

| overall = 3–7

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| year = 1990

| name = Northeastern

| overall = 1–10

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Northeastern

| overall = 35–67–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 49–85–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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