Bill Engel came to Eastern Wyoming College in 2024 from Minnesota North - Rainy River. 

Engel has coached at Minnesota North College-Rainy River since 2015. He was named the North Plains District, NJCAA Region 13, and Minnesota Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) Northern Division Coach of the Year last year. He led his team to a District Championship with a 28-4 record. Over the last nine years his record in the MCAC was 140-54, which included four MCAC Northern Division Championships, one Region XIII Championship, and a national tournament berth in 2024. He was named Coach of the Year for the MCAC Northern Division in 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, and in 2017-2018.

He was also named the Athletic Director at Minnesota North College-Rainy River in 2022.

From 1995-2015, Engel was the science teacher and basketball coach at Griggs County Central High School in Cooperstown, North Dakota.

At Minnesota North College-Rainy River Coach Engel’s teams ranked second in the nation among NJCAA Division III teams for field goals per game and for three-point field goals per game. His teams also were first in forcing turnovers per game.

Engel received his Associate of Arts in Business from Mesabi Community College in Virginia, Minnesota in 1991. He earned his Bachelor of Science in 1995 from Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota and his Master of Science-Sports Management in 2015 from Texas A & M, in College Station, Texas.