| Sylvester E. Paulus | |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Hanover (1920) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Hanover |
| Coach Years3: | 1920 |
| Coach Team3: | Daniel Baker |
| Coach Team4: | Nogales HS (AZ) |
| Coach Team5: | Tucson HS (AZ) |
| Coach Years6: | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team6: | Stout Institute |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team8: | Hanover |
| Coach Years9: | 1929–1930 |
| Coach Team9: | Stout Institute |
| Overall Record: | 2–23–2 (college football) 8–11 (college basketball) |
Sylvester Edward Paulus (March 12, 1899 – December 31, 1959) was an American football and basketball coach.
Paulus was a 1920 graduate of Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.[1] He served as the school's head football coach (1919) and head basketball coach (1919–1920).[2]
Paulus served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College in 1920 and the University of Wisconsin–Stout–then known as Stout Normal Institute–from 1928 to 1929. He also coach Stout's basketball team.[3]
Until about 1945, Paulus operated a hotel in Bar Harbor, Michigan. He subsequently ran a booking agency for speakers at high schools and colleges. Paulus died on December 31, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.[4]