Paula Dodge
Class of 2020/Inducted in 2021
Hometown: Red Wing, Minn.
High School: Red Wing Central High School
College: University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
Best Known for: Coaching – Volleyball
Dodge has amassed an impressive 573-273 record over 24 years coaching volleyball at McAllen High School.
A native of Red Wing, Minnesota, Dodge was a three-year letterman in three sports in high school before graduating in 1980. She played collegiate basketball at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, where she was a member of the 1981 AIAW Division III national champion team. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UWL in 1984 and moved to the Valley.
Her first coaching job was at Brownsville Hanna, where she was the varsity track coach at Hanna High School from 1985 to 1993, coaching a state silver medalist. She coached varsity basketball at Lopez High School for two years before moving to McAllen High as head volleyball coach in 1996. Her Lady Bulldog teams have won five district championships and have advanced to the state playoffs 18 times – reaching the regional tournament five times.