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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1932–1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Giles
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|3|10}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|5|28|1932|3|10}}
| death_place = [[Rapid City, South Dakota]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1951–1954
| player_team2 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = 1952
| player_team4 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball|Nebraska]]
| player_years5 = 1954–1955
| player_team5 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball|Nebraska]]
| player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]] (football) [[First baseman]] (baseball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1956
| coach_team2 = Bertrand HS (NE)
| coach_years3 = 1957
| coach_team3 = [[Sidney High School (Nebraska)|Sidney HS (NE)]]
| coach_years4 = 1958–1959
| coach_team4 = [[Norfolk Senior High School|Norfolk HS (NE)]]
| coach_years5 = 1960–1963
| coach_team5 = [[Nebraska–Kearney Lopers football|Kearney State]] (line)
| coach_years6 = 1964–1965
| coach_team6 = [[Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football|Eastern New Mexico]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1966
| coach_team7 = [[Hiram Scott Scotties football|Hiram Scott]] (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 1967–1971
| coach_team8 = [[Chadron State Eagles football|Chadron State]]
| coach_years9 = 1972–1978
| coach_team9 = [[Fort Hays State Tigers football|Fort Hays State]]
| coach_sport10 = Basketball
| coach_years11 = 1957–1958
| coach_team11 = [[Sidney High School (Nebraska)|Sidney HS (NE)]]
| coach_years12 = {{Circa|1960}}
| coach_team12 = [[Nebraska–Kearney Lopers men's basketball|Kearney State]] (assistant)
| coach_sport13 = Baseball
| coach_years14 = 1961–1964
| coach_team14 = [[Nebraska–Kearney Lopers baseball|Kearney State]]
| coach_years15 = 1965–1966
| coach_team15 = [[Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds baseball|Eastern New Mexico]]
| overall_record = 51–64–3 (college football)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football 1 [[Central States Intercollegiate Conference|CSIC]] (1976) Baseball 1 [[Nebraska College Conference|NCC]] (1963)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''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.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Bill Giles Accepts East N. Mexico Job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-york-daily-news-times/129675554/ |newspaper=The York Daily News-Times |location=[[York, Nebraska]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |date=July 6, 1964 |page=2 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

A native of [[Alliance, Nebraska]], Giles played football as an [[End (gridiron football)|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]].<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=Sarah |title=Ex-Husker Bill Giles dead at 66 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star/129675075/ |newspaper=[[Lincoln Journal Star]] |location=[[Lincoln, Nebraska]] |date=May 20, 1998 |page=4B |access-date=August 8, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Chadron State Eagles football|Chadron State Eagles]]
| conf = [[Nebraska College Conference]]
| startyear = 1967
| endyear = 1971
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1967 NAIA football season|1967]]
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1968 NAIA football season|1968]]
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1969 NAIA football season|1969]]
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1970 NAIA Division I football season|1970]]
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1971 NAIA Division I football season|1971]]
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Chadron State
| overall = 27–20
| confrecord = 9–8
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Fort Hays State Tigers football|Fort Hays State Tigers]]
| conf = [[Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)|Great Plains Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1972
| endyear = 1975
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1972 NAIA Division I football season|1972]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 1–8–1
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1973 NAIA Division I football season|1973]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1974 NAIA Division I football season|1974]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1975 NAIA Division I football season|1975]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Fort Hays State Tigers football|Fort Hays State Tigers]]
| conf = [[Central States Intercollegiate Conference]]
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = 1978
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1976 NAIA Division I football season|1976]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1977 NAIA Division I football season|1977]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 3–7–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1978 NAIA Division I football season|1978]]
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 6–5–1
| conference = 4–2–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Fort Hays State
| overall = 24–44–3
| confrecord = 16–23–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 51–64–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chadron State Eagles football coach navbox}}
{{Fort Hays State Tigers football coach navbox}}

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[[Category:American football ends]]
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[[Category:Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football coaches]]
[[Category:Fort Hays State Tigers football coaches]]
[[Category:Hiram Scott Scotties football coaches]]
[[Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball players]]
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