Joseph Edward Kerbel (May 3, 1921 – March 20, 1973) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.
Breckenridge had won its first 3A state title in 1951 under coach Cooper Robbins who had just left for Texas A&M, raising the expectations high for Kerbel.
He then left for Texas football powerhouse Amarillo High School, which had won four state championships under coaches Blair Cherry and Howard Lynch.
After coaching at Amarillo High School for three seasons, Kerbel became an assistant under DeWitt Weaver at Texas Tech University in 1957.
He then took over a West Texas A&M football program in 1960 that had won just two games in two years under head coach Clark Jarnagin.