| Doug Kauffman | |
| Other Names: | Doogie, DJ |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Hayward, California, United States |
| Curling Club: | Granite CC, Seattle, Washington |
| World Championship Appearances: | 2 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Doug Kauffman[1] (born September 18, 1973) is an American curler from Hayward, California.
At the national level, he is a two-time United States men's curling champion (2001, 2004).
Kauffman picked up curling in his late twenties while living in Seattle, having seen it on television and then watching the 1997 National Championship live at the local Granite Curling Club.[2]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | John Wallen | Leon Romaniuk | ? | Doug Kauffman | ||||
| 2000–01 | Doug Kauffman | USMCC 2001 (6th) | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Jason Larway | Travis Way | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Mike Hawkins | USOCT 2001 (7th) | ||
| Jason Larway | Greg Romaniuk | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | USMCC 2002 (6th)[3] [4] | ||||
| 2003–04 | Jason Larway | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | USMCC 2004 (9th) | ||||
| 2004–05 | Ken Trask | Doug Kauffman | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Doug Kauffman | |||||||
| 2008–09 | Phil Tilker (4th) | Darren Lehto (skip) | Paul Lyttle | Doug Kauffman | ||||
| 2011–12 | Doug Kauffman | Paul Lyttle | John Rasmussen | Liam Barksdale | ||||
| 2013–14 | Doug Kauffman | Peter Sommer | Bob Knievel | |||||
| 2019–20 | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Darren Lehto | John Rasmussen | USSCC 2020 [5] |
Kauffman married to Katie, they have one son Connor.
He works as Director of Golf at the Members Club at Aldarra.[6]
He started curling in 1998 when he was at the age of 29. In the past he has coached his son's U-18 team, composed of skip Connor Kauffman along with Andrew Bell, Alex Couckuyt and Arjun Thomas.