Daniel Leo Coberly (born 1954) is an American author, journalist, historian, and noted civil servant from the United States.

The son of a Special Forces Non-commissioned officer with the United States Army, and a French war bride he was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

[6][2] Among his many assignments, during this period he was Senior Army Enlisted Advisor and Press Officer for the Centennial Olympic Games Joint Task Force; Media Analyst at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; Senior Correspondent/Chief of Bureaus, Pacific Stars and Stripes daily newspapers; Public Affairs Chief, Department of Defense 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Aviation, and the Women's Army Corps where he supported the role of women in the military.

[6][7] After his retirement from the military from 2001 to 2003 Coberly went to work for the Space and Missile Defense Command where he was the executive officer in support of NASA's Army Astronauts.

Coberly is an active author, historian and internationally accredited journalist who has specialized in genealogy, and has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles, seven historical books and one novel.