Former Houston Oiler's Coach Ed Biles died Sunday morning after a brief illness. He was 88.Biles was a resident of Missouri City.In a Facebook posting, Jim Biles, son of Ed Biles said:" My father,who most people knew as Coach Eddiepassed away today at 4:30am after a short illness. Hewas a graduate of Reading High School and Miami ofOhio. He had an amazing life and touched so manypeople. His coaching career started at Woodward HighSchool, then Xavier University, New Orleans Saints,New York Jets,and his career ended as Head Coach ofthe Houston Oilers. He always told me he" neverworked a day in his life" and "never had a headache".He was proud that he never spent a night in a hospitaluntil he was 86 years old. Thanks Dad for all thememories and leadership you gave us all. You will bemissed."Biles has three sons – Mike, Jim and John. Houston Chronicle's John McClain reported Mike Biles saying that his father will be buried in Cincinnati and when restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic are lifted, there’ll be a memorial service in Houston.Edward G. Biles (October 18, 1931 – April 5, 2020) was a football coach whose most prominent position was as head coach of the National Football League's Houston Oilers from 1981 to 1983.A native of Reading, Ohio, Biles was an outstanding high school athlete, earning 12 letters and helping the 1946 Reading High School team capture the state baseball championship. He then attended Miami University and was on the school's football team until suffering a career-ending injury. In his remaining time as an undergraduate, Biles served as an assistant with the squad, then officially began his coaching tenure at the high school level.Fort Bend Independent columnist Carolyn Bowden had written a three-part series on Ed Biles in her column "Around the Neighborhood" in 2014.Ed Biles was passionate about the city of Missouri City and he was a city park's board member. He defended the city acquiring the Quail Valley Golf Course, when a section of the residents criticized the decision.In a letter to the editor on Sept. 5, 2018, Biles wrote:"I have lived in Missouri City a lot longer than Moline has, served on a number of boards and commissions.I can say that I am proud of what our past and current mayor and council members have done to grow the city into what it is today.I hope he is right in that people vote in the November elections to keep people in office who were responsible for all the good that has happened and will continue to happen in Missouri City.How many people believe that by merely replacing the mayor and a couple of council members, the city would become great?