One of the most prolific new coaches that Michigan football has is safeties coach Tyler Stockton. One of the most active recruiters on the trail in the 2027 class, Stockton has made an early imprint on the Wolverines, but that’s on future teams. With that in mind, what will the extant safeties look like under his tutelage?
In a video released by Michigan football on X (formerly Twitter), Stockton shared his coaching philosophy. And in many ways, it sounds similar to former defensvie backs coach Steve Clinkscale — starting with the relationship and culminating in accountability.
“My coaching style, there’s two things: First, it starts with love,” Stockton said. “I want to build a relationship with my guys that they know that I have their best interests. And I want to build a relationship that they’ll run through a wall for me, and I’ll do the same thing. Next piece is, I got to be very demanding. They’re going to have dreams and aspirations, and it’d be a shame if I let them slip. So I’m going to hold them accountable every single day.”
A coach that players want to run through a wall for.
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Stockton inherits a stocked room, with Rod Moore returning, along with Mason Curtis, transfer Chris Bracy, Jordan Young, Kainoa Winston, Jacob Oden, and others. With a sixth-year team captain returning in Moore, Stockton points to him as being the type of player he wants to coach and develop in his tenure in Ann Arbor.
“Here in Michigan, man, we expect to have the best of the best,” Stockton said. “We want someone hungry every single day with a chip on their shoulder, with their goal and aspiration to play in the NFL, but also to compete in the classroom. That’s the type of group of guys that we have in this academy, a group of guys that truly care and love each other every single day. And then with that, they’re going to be violent, they’re going to be physical, and we’re going to find ways to get turnovers.
“It’s going to be awesome to see a guy like Rod Moore, who’s going to be a three-year captain here in Michigan. And those are the type of people that we want in our realm, the people that are leaders of men.”
Stockton originally cut his teeth playing defensive line at Notre Dame before working his way up the coaching ranks at Western Illinois, Ball State, and then Boise State.
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