The solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectra of protons, deuterons, and carbons in the ligands of paramagnetic coordination complexes including acetylacetonate complexes, amino acid complexes, hydrates of the first row transition metals, and lanthanide acetates have been obtained. It has been known for some time that, for small paramagnetic species in solution, deuterium NMR can give better resolved spectra than proton NMR. In SSNMR of diamagnetic species in the solid state, it has also been observed that deuterium magic angle spinning (MAS) spectra are often better resolved than proton spectra. This paper reports that many paramagnetic species in the solid state can also have well-resolved deuterium MAS spectra which can be useful in chemical characterizations. In rare examples, such as certain V-III and Cu-II complexes, the proton MAS spectra are also well resolved at high spinning speeds. In these cases, well-resolved carbon MAS spectra can be measured without need for simultaneous high-power proton irradiation. The MAS Line widths we observed for pure microcrystalline coordination complexes are essentially unrelated to the corresponding Linewidths measured in solution for similar complexes. Compounds with slow electron spin-lattice relaxation times can sometimes exhibit very narrow SSNMR signals due to spin diffusion among the electrons. On the other hand, many paramagnetic compounds, including those that give narrow signals in solution, for example iron complexes and high-valent manganese complexes, can be difficult to detect with solid state carbon or proton NMR experiments.