Connor Stalions, the former Michigan staff member at the center of the program’s sign stealing scandal, is back coaching.
This fall, Stalions will serve as the defensive coordinator of Mumford High School in Detroit, less than an hour from the University of Michigan campus.
Stalions will also be the focus of two upcoming documentaries, including one that’s part of Netflix’s Untold series, which will give the 28-year-old plenty of publicity.
For now though, Stalions is staying quiet, with Mick McCabe of the Detroit Free Press saying he played a “six-hour game of cat-and-mouse” with media members at Mumford’s practice Saturday, only to avoid speaking at all.
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According to McCabe, Mumford High School’s football practice was delayed multiple times, with McMichael repeatedly changing the start time. Despite promising media access, Stalions avoided speaking with reporters by exiting the school through a different door and sprinting across the field.
Six media members were in attendance for practice, but Stalions avoided them altogether. McMichael claims Stalions feels legally restricted from speaking publicly until the Netflix documentary is released, even about non-controversial topics related to coaching high school football.
Michigan’s sign-stealing investigation and Stalions’ role as the point man in it remain under NCAA investigation.
While Stalions might face NCAA sanctions down the road, his boss, Mumford head coach William McMichael, is not worried about it impacting his current job.
“Naw, the NCAA really doesn’t have anything to do with high school football,” he said. “He had to go through a background check just like everybody else that comes into the Detroit community school district and he was able to pass that. As long as he passed that, I don’t have no problem with him.”
It will be interesting to see if any of Mumford’s opponents take extra precautions with their sideline signals this season.
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