Joe Kerbel
Joe Kerbel went 68–42–1 as a head coach, 1960–1970, at West Texas. Share
- Record
- 68–42–1 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1962 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | West Texas | 3–7 | 5th | |||
| 1961 | West Texas | 6–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1962 | West Texas | 9–2 | Sun Bowl W | |||
| 1963 | West Texas | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1964 | West Texas | 4–6 | ||||
| 1965 | West Texas | 6–4 | ||||
| 1966 | West Texas | 7–3 | ||||
| 1967 | West Texas | 8–3 | Pasadena Bowl W | |||
| 1968 | West Texas | 8–2 | ||||
| 1969 | West Texas | 6–4 | ||||
| 1970 | West Texas | 7–3 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
- Rocky ThompsonNo. 18 pick, 1971
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 21–17–1 | 55% |
| At home | 62 | 43–18–1 | 70% |
| On the road | 47 | 23–24 | 49% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 74 | 53–20–1 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 37 | 15–22 | 41% |
His own 111 games on file, 1960–1970, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Woodson 1960–1967 | 3–4–1 | New Mexico State | 8 | |
| Frank Kush 1960–1966 | 3–4 | Arizona State | 7 | |
| Milo Lude 1965–1969 | 3–2 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Billy Murphy 1963–1968 | 0–5 | Memphis | 5 | |
| Odus Mitchell 1960–1964 | 3–1 | North Texas | 4 | |
| Bill Doolittle 1966–1970 | 3–1 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Jim LaRue 1960–1963 | 1–3 | Arizona | 4 | |
| Doug Scovil 1966–1968 | 3–0 | Pacific | 3 | |
| Jim Wood 1968–1970 | 3–0 | New Mexico State | 3 | |
| Bill Hess 1962–1965 | 2–1 | Ohio | 3 |
Joe Kerbel’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Stateseries | 11 | 6–4–1 |
| Texas–Arlingtonseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| UTEPseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Trinity (Texas)series | 6 | 6–0 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Bartlesville (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1951 | Cleveland HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1952–54 | Breckenridge HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1955–57 | Amarillo HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1958–59 | Texas Tech | Assistant coach | |
| 1960–70 | West Texas State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- DeWitt WeaverTexas Tech
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Weaver | Texas Tech | 1958–59 | Assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.