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Tyler Stockton

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Tyler Stockton is in his first year coaching the safeties at Michigan in 2026. Stockton arrived in Ann Arbor with 12 years of coaching experience, including eight years in a coordinator or co-coordinator role prior to his hiring at U-M.

Stockton is a three-time nominee for the Broyles Award (2020, 2022-23). He was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 35 Under 35 List in 2021 and ESPN's 45 minority coaches under the age of 45 list in 2022.

He has helped four players reach the NFL, including third-round defensive lineman Khalen Saunders (84th, 2019, Kansas City Chiefs) and seventh-round cornerback Nic Jones (2023, Kansas City Chiefs). Stockton has coached five players to six all-conference honors, including first-team linebackers Jacob White (2019) and Brandon Martin (2020) at Ball State and safety Ty Benefield (2025) at Boise State. Martin was the Mid-American Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2020.

Before joining the staff at Michigan, Stockton was the Co-Defensive Coordinator and safeties coach at Boise State for two seasons (2024-25), where he helped the Broncos defense rank 15th in pass defense (175.6 yards per game allowed) and 22nd in interceptions (14). Boise State defenders earned 10 first- or second-team All-Mountain West citations during his time on staff, including safeties Benefield and Seyi Oladipo (2024, second team).

Stockton spent five seasons leading the defense at Ball State from 2019-23, including the final two as assistant head coach. He helped the program win its first MAC title in over two decades (2020), leading to its program's first-ever bowl win - a 34-13 win over Mountain West Champion San Jose State in the Arizona Bowl, and its first-ever appearance in the season-ending AP/Coaches polls. At that time, Stockton, 30, was the second-youngest coordinator in the FBS.

The Cardinals had a top-25 ranking in total defense (21st) and rushing defense (20th) in his final season, along with the nation's No. 32-ranked pass defense. In 2022, Ball State only allowed one opponent over the 30-point mark. The year before, the Cardinals forced 19 turnovers, including 15 interceptions (No. 14, FBS), and in 2019, the team was 15th in the nation with 24 turnovers.

Stockton began his coaching career as a two-year graduate assistant at UConn (2014-15), helping the 2015 Huskies rank 15th nationally in scoring defense in his second season with the program. His first opportunity as a position coach came during a four-year stint at Western Illinois (2016), first as a defensive line coach and run game coordinator, a position he held for two seasons. He was elevated to defensive coordinator in 2018 and coached outside linebackers in that role for his final two years with the Leathernecks.

Stockton played along the defensive line at Notre Dame from 2009-13, where he helped the Irish reach the 2013 BCS National Championship Game along with wins in the 2010 Sun and 2013 Pinstripe Bowls. After graduating with two degrees from Notre Dame, he worked in corporate finance before starting his coaching career.

Stockton and his wife, Haley, have two children: a son, Everett, and a daughter, Belle.

The Stockton File
Hometown: Princeton, New Jersey
High School: The Hun School
College: Notre Dame (2013; MBA corporate finance, 2014)
Family: Wife, Haley; son Everett, daughter Belle

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Year	Team	Position
2014-15	UConn	Defensive Graduate Assistant
2016-17	Western Illinois	Defensive Line, Run Game Coordinator
2018		Defensive Coordinator, Outside Linebackers
2019	Ball State	Co-Defensive Coordinator
2020-21		Defensive Coordinator
2022-23		Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator
2024-25	Boise State	Co-Defensive Coordinator, Safeties
2026	Michigan	Safeties