| Joe Gerlach | |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Winona, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin (1934)[1] |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1944–1945 |
| Coach Team2: | Dickinson State |
| Coach Years3: | 1956–1957 |
| Coach Team3: | Stout State |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1939–1941 |
| Coach Team5: | Alaska–Fairbanks |
| Coach Years6: | 1947–1949 |
| Coach Team6: | Minnesota–Duluth |
| Coach Years7: | 1956–1958 |
| Coach Team7: | Stout State |
| Coach Years8: | 1958–1961 |
| Coach Team8: | Winona State |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1957–1958 |
| Coach Team10: | Stout State |
| Coach Years11: | 1959–1961 |
| Coach Team11: | Winona State |
| Coach Sport12: | Ice hockey |
| Coach Years13: | 1940–1941 |
| Coach Team13: | Alaska–Fairbanks |
| Overall Record: | 10–14–3 (football) 55–85 (basketball) 51–47 (baseball) |
Joseph Sherman Gerlach (June 29, 1913 – March 8, 1993)[2] was an American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey coach. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson State University from 1944 to 1945 and at Stout State College, now the University of Wisconsin–Stout, from 1956 to 1957, compiling a career college football record of 10–14–3.
Gerlach was the fourth head football coach for the Dickinson State Blue Hawks located in Dickinson, North Dakota and he held that position for two seasons, from 1944 until 1945. His coaching record at Dickinson State was 2–3–2.[3]