:Paul Staake

{{Short description|American football coach and college administrator (1898–1971)}}

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{{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 was the head football coach at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He held that position for the 1918 season. His coaching record at Kalamazoo was 1–2.{{Cite web

|last = DeLassus

|first = David

|title = Kalamazoo Coaching Records

|publisher = College Football Data Warehouse

|url = http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/kalamazoo/coaching_records.php

|accessdate = December 2, 2010

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101121023910/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/kalamazoo/coaching_records.php

|archivedate = November 21, 2010

}}

Staake also played college football at Kalamazoo.{{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}} He later served as president of Webber College in Babson Park, Florida.{{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}}