Billy Russell Kinard (December 16, 1933 – June 30, 2018) was an American football player and coach.

He played professionally as a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL).

He hired the younger Kinard to be the new Ole Miss Rebels football coach.

Billy Kinard was the head coach when Ole Miss football became integrated.

After the third contest of the 1973 season, Johnny Vaught replaced Kinard, returning for his second stint as Ole Miss' athletic director and head football coach.