Hall of Fame

Paul Caufield

Paul Caufield

  • Class
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    UW-Stevens Point
Induction Video

(Written: July 2025)

Paul Caufield was a member of the UW-Stevens Point men’s ice hockey team from 1989-92, and won NCAA Division III championships in 1989, 1990 and 1991 before finishing as the national runner-up in 1992.

Caufield was a three-time American Hockey Coaches Association All-American, receiving first team honors in 1991 and 1992 after securing second team recognition in 1990. He was tabbed the Most Valuable Player of the 1990 national championship and was a four-time all-conference selection with the Wisconsin State University Conference and a three-time honoree with the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.

Caufield still leads the conference’s career list with 254 points, 126 goals, 43 power-play goals and 148 games played, while ranking second with 19 game-winning goals and third with 128 assists. He owns the conference’s single-season mark of nine game-winning goals during the 1990-91 campaign, while his 39 goals that season are second on the single-season list. Caufield was named UW-Stevens Point’s Freshman Athlete of the Year in 1989 and Male Athlete of the Year in 1991.

He played one year of professional hockey with four teams, recording 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points.

Caufield served as an assistant coach with the UW-Stevens Point men’s ice hockey team from 2000-06, and was head coach of the softball team from 2002-03, compiled a 42-29 record. In 1998, he was inducted into the UW-Stevens Point Athletics Hall of Fame as an individual and as a member of the 1988-89 men’s ice hockey team. In 2012, Caufield was selected to the WIAC Men’s Ice Hockey All-Time Team in conjunction with the conference’s Centennial Celebration.
Caufield earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from UW-Whitewater. He resides in Mosinee, Wis., with his wife Kelly. They have two sons Brock and Cole. Cole is a member of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadians.