Joe Paopao (b. June 30, 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback and current interim head coach of the University of Waterloo's football team, the Waterloo Warriors. As a player, he played for 11 seasons for the BC Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He was a long-time coach in the Canadian Football League, who last served as a head coach in the CFL for the Ottawa Renegades from 2002–2005 and then offensive coordinator of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2006.