Needville athletic director/head football coach Mike Giles has announced that he was resigning his post after 12 outstanding seasons leading the Blue Jays.
Giles, a Stephenville native, arrived in Needville in 2014 after stops in Athens and Garland Naaman Forest. He led NHS to the playoffs eight times in 12 seasons and posted a 74-60 overall record. The high-water marks for Needville came in 2019 and 2023 when the ‘Jays posted 10-3 records and advanced to the 4A-Division I regional semifinals. Needville also advanced to the area round of the playoffs three other times in Giles’ tenure (2018, 2020 and 2024).