Tag: Stephen Adegoke

Michigan football doesn’t have its defensive backs coach after all

So much for that.

It had appeared as if Sherrone Moore had completed his Michigan football coaching staff on Wednesday when linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary was rumored to be leaving Tennessee for the same post in Ann Arbor, while Houston Texans, safeties coach, Stephen Adegoke appeared to destined to return to the Wolverine as the new defensive backs coach.

However, it seems one of two ain’t bad.

According to a new report, despite having already agreed to accept the defensive backs position at the University of Michigan, Adegoke, will remain with the Texans after all and will not be coming back to Ann Arbor.

A former defensive assistant for the Wolverines, Adegoke has worked his way up the NFL ladder, having served as a quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers before becoming an on-field coach at Houston.

With Adegoke out of the mix, Moore will have to continue to target options to coach the safeties and cornerbacks to fill the departure created by Steve Clinkscale following Jim Harbaugh to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Michigan football to hire a familiar name as safeties coach

Perfect hire! #GoBlue

A familiar name is looking to return to Ann Arbor.

There’s a reason why it’s good to never cut ties with analysts and behind the scenes assistants. There’s no telling where they may eventually end up.

Such is the case with former Michigan assistant Stephen Adegoke. Adegoke was a defensive assistant for the Wolverines for a few years, culminating in the turnaround year of 2021. But he departed the program to be an assistant with the San Francisco 49ers before becoming the safeties coach for the Houston Texans. After two years in the NFL, Adegoke is returning to Ann Arbor to be the new safeties coach for Sherrone Moore, according to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

A former Mississippi State player, Adegoke brings an NFL pedigree along with new defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and impending defensive line coach Greg Scruggs. Under head coach DeMeco Ryans, the Houston Texans moved up from being among the worst secondaries in the NFL to being in the middle.

Report: Texans hiring 49ers quality control coach Stephen Adegoke for safeties

The Houston Texans have hired San Francisco 49ers defensive quality control coach Stephen Adegoke to coach safeties under DeMeco Ryans.

The Houston Texans continue to pick from the San Francisco 49ers’ coaching staff as DeMeco Ryans forms his new crew with the AFC South.

According to Aaron Wilson from KPRC-TV, the Texans are hiring 49ers defensive quality control coach Stephen Adegoke as their new safeties coach.

Adegoke was only in his first season in the NFL. Previously the Mississippi State product was a defensive graduate assistant with Michigan in 2021. Prior to Michigan, Adegoke held the same job with Florida from 2019-20.

The Snellville, Georgia, product was working on his master’s degree in sport management while at Florida, and completed his course work in 2021. Adegoke initially spent 2014-15 at San Diego Mesa College before transferring to Mississippi State, where he played as a safety from 2016-18.

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