Bill Giles | |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1932 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1951–1954 |
Player Team2: | Nebraska |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1952 |
Player Team4: | Nebraska |
Player Years5: | 1954–1955 |
Player Team5: | Nebraska |
Player Positions: | End (football) First baseman (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1956 |
Coach Team2: | Bertrand HS (NE) |
Coach Years3: | 1957 |
Coach Team3: | Sidney HS (NE) |
Coach Years4: | 1958–1959 |
Coach Team4: | Norfolk HS (NE) |
Coach Years5: | 1960–1963 |
Coach Team5: | Kearney State (line) |
Coach Years6: | 1964–1965 |
Coach Team6: | Eastern New Mexico (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1966 |
Coach Team7: | Hiram Scott (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 1967–1971 |
Coach Team8: | Chadron State |
Coach Years9: | 1972–1978 |
Coach Team9: | Fort Hays State |
Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
Coach Years11: | 1957–1958 |
Coach Team11: | Sidney HS (NE) |
Coach Team12: | Kearney State (assistant) |
Coach Sport13: | Baseball |
Coach Years14: | 1961–1964 |
Coach Team14: | Kearney State |
Coach Years15: | 1965–1966 |
Coach Team15: | Eastern New Mexico |
Overall Record: | 51–64–3 (college football) |
Championships: | Football 1 CSIC (1976) Baseball 1 NCC (1963) |
William F. Giles (March 10, 1932 – May 28, 1998) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska from 1967 to 1971 and at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas from 1972 until 1978, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 51–64–3. Giles was also the head baseball coach at Kearney State College—now known as the University of Nebraska at Kearney—from 1961 to 1964 and Eastern New Mexico University from 1965 to 1966.[1]
A native of Alliance, Nebraska, Giles played football as an end at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1951 to 1954. He also lettered in baseball at Nebraska in 1952, 1954, and 1944. Giles died on May 28, 1998, in Rapid City, South Dakota.[2]