Honors
Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year (6): 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021
Biography
Bill Maskill was hired as the 12th head football coach and fourth of the modern era (since 1988) in March of 2002.
Entering his 22nd season at MSU in 2023, he is the longest tenured coach in the Lone Star Conference and is, by far, the winningest coach in program history.
During his 21 seasons at the helm, MSU has posted a record of 156-65 (.706) making him the winningest coach in Midwestern both in terms of total wins and winning percentage while reaching the NCAA Division II postseason in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He boasts a total career record through 24 seasons of 173-79 (.687).
The 160Â wins as a head coach in the Lone Star Conference are the second most in the league's storied history trailing only Ron Harms, who won 172 games at Texas A&M-Kingsville from 1979-1999.
Under Maskill's tutelage, Midwestern State thrived. The Mustangs averaged nearly eight wins a season while logging at least eight victories 12 times. The program had managed to post 8-or-more wins just three times in its previous 23 seasons of existence claiming 10 victories in 1949 and nine wins in 1946 and 1991.
Maskill has guided Midwestern to five Lone Star Conference titles (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2021) including a pair of LSC South Division titles in 2004 and 2009. The Mustangs also claimed the LSC Playoff title in 2015.
Maskill earned his first LSC Coach of the Year honor in 2009 leading the Mustangs to their first conference title with a 9-3 mark then earned the accolade again following the 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2021 campaigns.
No other coach in Lone Star Conference football history has earned the league's top coaching honors as many times.
In all, Maskill has coached 33 All-Americans, 57 all-region selections and 78 All-Lone Star Conference first-team performers in his 22 seasons since moving to Wichita Falls.
During his time, MSU had three players hit the field in the NFL including Amini Silatolu, Marqui Christian and Joe Unga. Silatolu was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft, while Christian was taken in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
He also mentored a trio of Harlon Hill finalist quarterbacks building on MSU's strong tradition of offensive potency including Phillip Boggs in 2002, Zack Eskridge in 2009 and Brandon Kelsey in 2011.
Maskill is in his 55th year as a football coach. His coaching experience includes stops as a Division I assistant at Vanderbilt (twice), Southern Methodist, Wake Forest, Oregon, Tulane, Louisville, Arizona State, Bowling Green and Iowa.
He served as a head coach at Southeast Missouri State University in 1988 and 1989. During his two-year stint, the Cape Girardeau, Mo. school was 13-8 with his 1988 squad winning a share of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. While at SEMO, Maskill helped two men, Jon Gruden and Marty Mornhinweg, who later became head coaches in the National Football League, get their start.
Maskill comes from a great coaching background. His father, Bill, Sr., is considered to be one of the greatest high school football coaches in the history of the state of Michigan. First at Sheridan then at Augusta High School in Galesburg, Mich., the elder Maskill coached for 39 years until retiring in 1991. At the time of his retirement, he was the winningest high school football coach in the state’s history. He amassed 274 wins, 18 league championships and four state titles. He was named coach of the year on numerous occasions and is a member of the Michigan High School Coaches’ Hall of Fame.
Playing Career
Maskill played college football at Western Kentucky, where he quarterbacked while earning bachelor’s degrees in Physical Education and Biology.
Personal
Maskill and his wife, Mary Helen, have two grown children: a son, Hunter; and a daughter, Jaime.
The Maskill File
Graduate Assistant at Iowa (RB) - 1971
Asst. Coach at Northern Michigan (LB/DB) - 1972-73
Asst. Coach at Bowling Green (DB) - 1974
Asst. Coach at Vanderbilt (DB) - 1975-77
Asst. Coach at Arizona State (DB) - 1978-79
Asst. Coach at Louisville (DB) - 1980
Asst. Coach at Tulane (DB) - 1981-82
Asst. Coach at Oregon (DB/LB) - 1983-87
Head Coach at Southeast Missouri State - 1988-89
Asst. Coach at Wake Forest (DB/WR) - 1990-92
Asst. Coach at SMU (DB/LB/ST) - 1993-96
Asst. Coach at Vanderbilt (TE/HB/ST) - 1997-2001
Head Coach at Midwestern State - 2002-23
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| Year |
School |
Overall |
Conference |
Conf. Finish |
Postseason |
| 2023 |
Midwestern State |
4-6 (.400) |
3-5 (.375) |
5th |
|
| 2022 |
Midwestern State |
6-5 (.545) |
5-4 (.556) |
3rd |
|
| 2021 |
Midwestern State |
7-3 (.700) |
6-1 (.857) |
1st |
|
| 2020* |
Midwestern State |
1-2 (.333) |
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|
| 2019 |
Midwestern State |
5-6 (.455) |
3-5 (.375) |
6th |
|
| 2018 |
Midwestern State |
8-2 (.800) |
6-2 (.750) |
3rd |
|
| 2017 |
Midwestern State |
10-1 (.909) |
8-0 (1.000) |
1st |
NCAA II Playoffs (Second Round) |
| 2016 |
Midwestern State |
8-3 (.727) |
7-2 (.778) |
2nd |
NCAA II Playoffs (First Round) |
| 2015 |
Midwestern State |
10-2 (.833) |
5-1 (.833) |
2nd |
NCAA II Playoffs (Second Round) |
| 2014 |
Midwestern State |
6-4 (.600) |
5-2 (.714) |
2nd |
|
| 2013 |
Midwestern State |
7-3 (.700) |
3-3 (.500) |
4th |
|
| 2012 |
Midwestern State |
9-2 (.818) |
7-1 (.875) |
1st |
NCAA II Playoffs (First Round) |
| 2011 |
Midwestern State |
10-1 (.909) |
8-0 (1.000) |
1st |
NCAA II Playoffs (Second Round) |
| 2010 |
Midwestern State |
8-4 (.667) |
7-3 (.700) |
4th |
Kanza Bowl |
| 2009 |
Midwestern State |
9-3 (.750) |
7-2 (.778) |
3rd |
NCAA II Playoffs (First Round) |
| 2008 |
Midwestern State |
6-4 (.600) |
5-4 (.556) |
7th |
|
| 2007 |
Midwestern State |
8-3 (.727) |
6-3 (.667) |
4th |
|
| 2006 |
Midwestern State |
10-3 (.769) |
7-2 (.778) |
2nd |
NCAA II Playoffs (Second Round) |
| 2005 |
Midwestern State |
6-4 (.600) |
5-4 (.556) |
5th |
|
| 2004 |
Midwestern State |
8-3 (.727) |
7-2 (.778) |
2nd |
NCAA II Playoffs (First Round) |
| 2003 |
Midwestern State |
7-3 (.700) |
6-2 (.750) |
2nd |
|
| 2002 |
Midwestern State |
7-4 (.636) |
6-2 (.750) |
2nd |
|
| 1989 |
Southeast Missouri State |
7-4 (.636) |
6-4 (.600) |
2nd |
|
| 1988 |
Southeast Missouri State |
6-4 (.600) |
5-1 (.833) |
1st |
|
| Totals |
24 Seasons |
173-79Â (.687) |
133-55 (.707) |
|
|
| MSU Totals |
22Â Seasons |
160-71 (.693) |
122-50Â (.709) |
4 LSC titles |
9 postseason appearances |
| SEMOÂ Totals |
2 Seasons |
13-8 (.619) |
11-5 (.6.88) |
1 MIAA title |
|
* The 2020 season delayed to a shortened schedule the spring of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. No official Lone Star Conference games were played.
