[1] Since his exodus from Eastern Washington in December 2007, Sacramento State in 2017 is the only college football team Paul Wulff has been a part of that finished a season with a winning record.

[3] He accepted a scholarship from head coach Jim Walden to attend Washington State University in Pullman, and redshirted his first year in 1985.

During his junior year in 1988, the Cougars were led by Erickson and quarterback Timm Rosenbach, and scored an upset over top-ranked UCLA on the road, the first of five consecutive wins to close out the season.

[7][8] After two close losses,[9] Wulff had an emergency appendectomy on Halloween and missed the final two games,[10][11] both defeats, and WSU finished at 6–5 with no bowl.

[13][14] Following graduation in 1990, Wulff signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), but was released during the 1990 preseason.

[18] During his eight seasons as EWU's head coach, Wulff compiled an overall record of 53 wins and 40 losses; the Eagles won two Big Sky Conference co-championships (2004 and 2005) and appeared three times in the Division I-AA (FCS) playoffs.

[1] After compiling a 9–40 record during four losing seasons at WSU, Wulff was fired on November 29, 2011,[20] and left with the lowest winning percentage (.184) in school history.

"[24] In May 2012, Wulff joined former Pac-10 foe Jim Harbaugh as an offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, with multiple duties on that side of the ball.

[26] Following almost three years as an offensive line assistant for the Mustangs, Wulff was named head coach at Cal Poly in December 2022 by Athletic Director, Don Oberhelman.

[34] Wulff has a record of 1–3 versus in-state rivals UC Davis and Sacramento State as Cal Poly's Head Coach.