We’re not sure if Connor Stalions did any advanced scouting before his Mumford High School coaching debut Friday night, but maybe he should have.
Stalions, the former Michigan Football staffer who became the face of the Wolverine’s cheating scandal that emerged last season was tasked to fill in as head coach for Mumford High School after William McMichael suffered a stroke, lost and lost big 60-0 to Hamady High School in Flint Friday night.
After the loss, Stalions told the Detroit News‘ David Goricki that he’s looking past this single game:
“I came to Mumford because I wanted to help flip the culture,” Stalions said. “They are not used to winning and I wanted to help show these guys the actual process of what it’s going to take to win, because they eventually 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 love the process of football than 30 guys where they’re kind of halfway in and halfway out, because they’re driving back the 15 guys who are in.”
Stalions was brought to Mumford, a program that’s been 4-25 since 2022, to help offset glaring issues on the defensive side of the football and was working as the team’s defensive coordinator before McMichael suffered the stroke.
Stalions resigned at Michigan in November after his prominent role in Michigan’s advanced scouting scandal came to light, something he said he did entirely on his own with no other member of the staff including the team’s former head coach Jim Harbaugh knew about.