Stalions falls in debut as interim H

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Connor Stalions, the analyst who was apparently the mastermind behind Michigan’s sign-stealing operation, is now an interim high school head coach.Stalions has actually stepped

in for Mumford head coach William McMichael, who just recently suffered a”moderate stroke,”Jay Alexander, executive director of athletics at Detroit Public Schools Community District, verified to ESPN.Stalions coached his first game Friday night, with Mumford losing to Flint Hamady 60-0 to be up to 0-2 on the season.

“I concerned Mumford because I wanted to assist flip the culture,” Stalions informed The Detroit News after the game. “They are not used to winning and I wished to assist show these guys the actual process of what it’s going to take to win, since they ultimately will win, and for me that’s more gratifying than going to a program that’s already winning.

“I ‘d rather have 15 guys who enjoy the process of football than 30 guys where they’re kind of halfway in and halfway out, since they’re driving back the 15 guys who are in.”

McMichael, in his first season at Mumford, had employed Stalions to be his protective planner at the Detroit school.Editor’s Picks

2 Associated “He might be

the most hated male in college football, but the coaches and kids at Mumford High School enjoy him,” McMichael told ESPN last month.In 2022, Michigan hired Stalions, a long-lasting Wolverines fan and retired captain in the United States Marine Corps, as an analyst. Stalions is the supposed ringleader of a vast sign-stealing operation in which he’s accused of sending out individuals to scout the Wolverines’future opponents, including recording play signals from teams’sidelines. The NCAA last month sent Michigan a notice of allegations relating to restricted off-campus signal stealing.Stalions informed NCAA investigators that he never took part in sophisticated in-person scouting and didn’t buy tickets for others to participate in games of the Wolverines’future opponents to tape their signals. Stalions made the claims in April during a video interview with NCAA private investigators, sections of which were consisted of in the new Netflix documentary”Sign Thief, “launched last month.Stalions was suspended with pay Oct. 20, pending the outcome of Michigan’s internal examination, and resigned Nov. 3. The Big 10 Conference suspended

coach Jim Harbaugh from coaching his team’s last 3 games of the 2023 routine season due to the fact that it stated his program breached the league’s sportsmanship policy. The Wolverines still went on to win the championship game.