Simon Francis Pauxtis (July 20, 1885 – March 13, 1961) was an American professional baseball player and college football coach.

A native of Pittston, Pennsylvania, Pauxtis played football and baseball at Edwards High School, Wyoming Seminary, and Lebanon Valley College.

[1] He was a catcher for the Penn Quakers baseball team while studying law at the University of Pennsylvania.

[3] He was declared ineligible from all of Penn's athletic teams in 1908 after it was discovered he had played professional baseball under an assumed name.

[11] Pauxtis was the 12th head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912.

[13][14] While at Dickinson, he struck up a friendship with Pop Warner who was coaching at Carlisle Indian School at the time.