Volker Paulus was a West German volleyball player who competed at the 1972 München home Olympics. The team lost all their preliminary matches against Brazil, Romania, Cuba, East Germany and Japan, but did win their 11th place match against Tunisia. Domestically, he played with USC Gießen in 1963-75. After his active career Paulus became president and coach of USC Gießen helping them to win both the West German Championships in 1982-84 and the West German Cup in 1984. He then became CEO of a construction company.