Column: Don’t compare Mike Boynton Jr. to another former internal hire

Key Points:

• Michigan's basketball head coach Dusty May left to coach the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, mirroring the football program's recent loss of Jim Harbaugh to the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers after both won national championships.
• In both cases, Michigan promoted internal assistants to head coach: Sherrone Moore for football and Mike Boynton Jr. for basketball, though their backgrounds and experiences differ significantly.
• Moore was a first-time head coach with specialized offensive line expertise and limited program management experience, while Boynton is a former Power 5 head coach with extensive experience managing a program, including adversity and NCAA investigations.
• Boynton served as Michigan’s defensive strategist and co-pilot under May, bringing leadership and forward-thinking qualities praised by May, and has prior experience stepping into a head coaching role mid-chaos.
• Michigan's decision to promote Boynton reflects a preference for stability to maintain their championship-caliber basketball roster, contrasting with the more complex and resource-intensive challenges faced by the football program under Moore.