Bill Giles (American football)

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.

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.