Whether or not Connor Stalions is guilty of facilitating an alleged sign-stealing operation at Michigan, it almost felt inevitable that he’d get another job in the sport somewhere.
Perhaps not in college football, of course. Because even in a sport as petty as this one, it was still too soon. But after the Wolverines won the national title last year while seemingly rubbing their scandal in everyone’s faces, was there any question Stalions would parlay his in-state celebrity into another gig?
Enter Detroit Mumford, which just hired the former Michigan staffer as its defensive coordinator.
“I got the most hated man in college football right now, Connor Stalions,” Mumford head coach William McMichael told The Detroit News. “He’s my defensive coordinator.”
The only way this news would be shocking is if Stalions was coaching a high school in Ohio. His celebrity is too big (relatively) and being able to connect your prep team to Jim Harbaugh’s 2023 national title winners is too much to pass up for some.
“What happens in the NCAA, at that level, really has nothing to do with high school or Mumford,” McMichael told The Athletic. “It wasn’t a publicity stunt. (Stalions) loves football so much, he didn’t really want to be away from it.”
The coach added that the defense he hopes to deploy “mirrors” what Michigan ran under Harbaugh, and Stalions “knows it like the back of his hand.”
College fans had a lot of thoughts.
Wonder if Connor Stalions can borrow the shirt from Axel Foley on game days 😂 pic.twitter.com/POqt9DdFU7
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) August 16, 2024
It’s so cool we’re going to get updates on Connor Stalions’ whereabouts and changes in employment for the rest of time
— Alex Drain (@Alex_Drain) August 16, 2024
Connor Stallions? The analyst from Michigan? https://t.co/rGSR83GnwU pic.twitter.com/6Ahr6TtKtM
— Clayton VanElst (@clayton_vanelst) August 16, 2024
College teams must be extra vigilant about security when hosting recruit visits from any player from Mumford.
I can already identify Michigan’s next method of illegally obtaining intel on opponents.
— Go Green Go Gators (@SpartyOn21b) August 16, 2024
Connor Stalions showing up to high school: https://t.co/20mr6q2Agj pic.twitter.com/fvgvDWjeX4
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) August 16, 2024
