Michigan Tech

Bill Muckalt was named the 23rd head coach at Michigan Tech on May 22, 2025. He returned to Houghton after one season as head coach of Lindenwood.

In his lone season at Lindenwood, Muckalt led the Lions to their most wins in their three-year NCAA Division I history with key victories over Notre Dame, Omaha, and Wisconsin. David Gaganon and Owen Bartoszkiewicz earned Independent postseason honors being named the Forward and Goalie of the Year and five players went on to sign professional contracts after the season. 

Prior to joining Lindenwood, Muckalt was the associate head coach at the University of Michigan from 2017-23. In his six seasons at Michigan, Muckalt helped 20 players get drafted into the NHL and was the Wolverines' lead recruiter. The Wolverines won Big Ten Tournament Championships in 2022 and 2023 and went to four NCAA Tournaments, including the Frozen Four in 2018, 2022 and 2023.
 
Prior to his time at Michigan, Muckalt was the general manager and head coach of Tri-City Storm of the USHL from 2015-17. The Storm won the first Clark Cup in franchise history during the 2015-16 season, and Muckalt became just the fifth coach in Tier-1 history of the USHL to win a championship in his first season.
 
As an assistant coach at Michigan Tech for four seasons from 2011-15, Muckalt helped lead the Huskies to a No. 1 ranking early in the 2014-15 season for the first time since 1976. In 2012, Tech won the Great Lakes Invitational for the first time since 1980 and earned an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1981. Eight Huskies who Muckalt coached during his first stint in Houghton signed NHL contracts.
 
Previously, Muckalt held head coaching positions with the New Mexico Mustangs of the North American Hockey League (2010-11), Valencia Flyers of the Western States Hockey League (2009-10) and Eastern Michigan of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (2007-08).

Muckalt spent five years playing in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild. He scored 97 career points, on 40 goals and 57 assists. He retired as a player in 2004 after 256 career NHL games.

A 1998 graduate of the University of Michigan, he was a four-year starter for the Wolverines and part of the 1996 and 1998 National Championship teams. Muckalt served as Assistant Captain during the 1998 season while being honored as a NCAA West First Team All-American and named to the All-CCHA First Team. He received his bachelor's degree in sports management and communications.